ALICORN IV (KNF IV) LLP

💤Zombieactive

OC433864 · llp · incorporated 2020-10-20

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£939.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

61/100

Worth a look

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Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed business with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Company profile

address, no SIC, incorporation date

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (13 active, 13 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

22 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

61/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £939,834

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

~ YoY

Net Worth

£940k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£940k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£939.8k	£939.8k
Current assets	£939.8k	£939.8k
Cash	£4.2k	£4.2k
Net assets	£939.8k	£939.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2025-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
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confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
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confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-11-23
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confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
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confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2021-04-22
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change-account-reference-date-limited-liability-partnership-current-extended
accounts · LLAA01
2021-04-20
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change-account-reference-date-limited-liability-partnership-previous-shortened
accounts · LLAA01
2020-12-09
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officers · LLAP02
2020-12-09
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officers · LLAP02
2020-12-09
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officers · LLAP02
2020-12-09
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officers · LLAP01
2020-12-09
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appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
officers · LLAP01
2020-12-09
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appoint-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
officers · LLAP02
2020-12-09
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appoint-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
officers · LLAP02
2020-12-09
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appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
officers · LLAP01
2020-12-09
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appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
officers · LLAP01
2020-12-09
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appoint-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
officers · LLAP02
2020-12-09
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appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
officers · LLAP01
2020-11-23
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BENJAMIN, Jeremy Frederick appointed
llp-member
2020-11-23
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BONIFANT, Patrick Clark-Hall appointed
llp-member
2020-11-23
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HALL, Robin Arnsby appointed
llp-member
2020-11-23
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JOHNSON, William Victor appointed
llp-member
2020-11-23
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KOPPEL, Charles Richard appointed
llp-member
2020-11-23
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BEST DELTA HOLDINGS LTD appointed
corporate-llp-member
2020-11-23
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BLUE SYNERGY MEDIA LTD appointed
corporate-llp-member
2020-11-23
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EFAG LIMITED appointed
corporate-llp-member
2020-11-23
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SAINT LEONARD (OVERSEAS) S.A. appointed
corporate-llp-member
2020-11-23
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VB CAPITAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-llp-member
2020-11-23
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ZSQ INVEST LTD appointed
corporate-llp-member
2020-10-20
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Company incorporated
As ALICORN IV (KNF IV) LLP
2020-10-20
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ALICORN GLOBAL VENTURES LIMITED appointed
corporate-llp-designated-member
2020-10-20
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ALICORNCO PTY LTD appointed
corporate-llp-designated-member
2020-10-20
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incorporation-limited-liability-partnership
incorporation · LLIN01

Owner dependency

50/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

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: 2025-10-22

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️

Alicornco Pty Ltd

Corporate parent

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Alicorn Global Ventures Limited

Corporate parent

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ALICORN IV (KNF IV) LLP

This company · OC433864

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alicornco Pty Ltd Corporate entity	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	20/10/2020
Alicorn Global Ventures Limited Corporate entity	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	20/10/2020

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typellp

Incorporated2020-10-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC—

Registered office

Censeo House

6 Peters Street

St Albans

AL1 3LF

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2025-10-22OVERDUE

Last: 2024-10-08