A4 HOLDINGS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15713507 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-10
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.8y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.8 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-31
Average employees400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-08-13
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2024-08-13
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2024-08-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2024-08-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  7. 2024-05-10
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    Company incorporated
    As A4 HOLDINGS LTD
  8. 2024-05-10
    CORSAR, Andrew David appointed
    director
  9. 2024-05-10
    HALPIN, Andrew John appointed
    director
  10. 2024-05-10
    HOLMES, Anthony James appointed
    director
  11. 2024-05-10
    JOICE, Anthony Richard appointed
    director
  12. 2024-05-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

45/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-23

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-05-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 8, Sunrise Enterprise Park
Ferryboat Lane
Sunderland
SR5 3RX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-23OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-09

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

CORSAR, Andrew David
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-05-10
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Active
HALPIN, Andrew John
director · ~35y · appointed 2024-05-10
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Active
HOLMES, Anthony James
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-05-10
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Active
JOICE, Anthony Richard
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-05-10
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge07/08/2024
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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-22
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-08-13
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-08-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-08-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-10