4MQ INTELLIGENCE LTD

🌱Startupactive
16850405 · ltd · incorporated 2025-11-12
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
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85590Other education n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 3 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-04-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-01-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-11-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 4MQ INTELLIGENCE LTD
  5. 2025-11-12
    KIM, Richard, Dr appointed
    director
  6. 2025-11-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 0.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Richard Kim
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/11/2025

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
Incorporated2025-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

24 Woodside Ave Woodside Avenue
Hersham
Walton-On-Thames
KT12 5LG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-12
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KIM, Richard, Dr
director · ~71y · appointed 2025-11-12
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Recent filings (4 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-11-12