44CS LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16417198 · ltd · incorporated 2025-04-29
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: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-05-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-05-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-05-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-05-01
    GILBERT, Jonathan appointed
    director
  6. 2026-05-01
    GILBERT, Jonathan resigned
    director
  7. 2025-04-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 44CS LIMITED
  8. 2025-04-29
    BASHIR, Arshid appointed
    director
  9. 2025-04-29
    GILBERT, Jonathan appointed
    director
  10. 2025-04-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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: 2026-05-12

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Gilbert
Individual · British · DOB 02/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/05/2026
Mr Arshid Bashir
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/04/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jonathan Gilbertceased 01/05/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2025-04-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

8-10 South Street
Epsom
Surrey
KT18 7PF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-12OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BASHIR, Arshid
director · ~66y · appointed 2025-04-29
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Active
GILBERT, Jonathan
director · ~53y · appointed 2026-05-01
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Active
GILBERT, Jonathan
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-04-29 · resigned 2026-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (5 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-04-29