4 PROCUREMENT LTD

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16099504 · ltd · incorporated 2024-11-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46190Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
  • 46520SIC 46520
  • 46690Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-12-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-11-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 4 PROCUREMENT LTD
  5. 2024-11-25
    PEREIRA DOS SANTOS, Leonardo appointed
    director
  6. 2024-11-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 1.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-12-18: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Leonardo Pereira Dos Santos
Individual · Brazilian · DOB 02/1984 · age 42
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/11/2024
Andrea De Melo Oliveira
Individual · Brazilian · DOB 09/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/11/2024

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140

Registered office

13 St. Swithin's Lane
Room 2
London
EC4N 8AL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PEREIRA DOS SANTOS, Leonardo
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-11-25
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Recent filings (5 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-11-25