4NINES TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC882733 · ltd · incorporated 2026-03-17
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
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
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
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
1 filing — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 incorporation
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (3 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 4NINES TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  2. 2026-03-17
    PENMAN, Stuart Scott appointed
    director
  3. 2026-03-17
    📄
    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 0.1 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Nextwave Technologies Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
🏛️
Ktp Investment Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
4NINES TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
This company · SC882733

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Nextwave Technologies Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/03/2026
Ktp Investment Group Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/03/2026

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
Incorporated2026-03-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

67b Fives Hamilton
67b Bothwell Road
Hamilton
ML3 0DW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-17
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PENMAN, Stuart Scott
director · ~50y · appointed 2026-03-17
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Recent filings (1 total)

incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2026-03-17