FOURTH LIMITED

Company number 03887115 ·

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Executive summary

Fourth Limited is a mature, vertically-focused SaaS platform leveraging over 24 years of hospitality-specific expertise to command a defensible niche in workforce and inventory management. Supported by institutional holding structures and an internationally diverse board, the company's primary growth vectors lie in transatlantic expansion and transitioning its operational data into predictive analytics. However, sustained success will require navigating the cyclical volatility of the hospitality sector and fending off encroachment from well-capitalized horizontal software competitors.

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1999-12-01
Registered office
Forum St Paul's 33 Gutter Lane, Second Floor, London, United Kingdom, EC2V 8AS
Postcode
EC2V 8AS
Capital
1,432,163 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-07-05
Next due by
2027-07-19
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 62012 Business and domestic software development

Officers 4 current · 16 resigned

Appointed 2026-04-20
John WHITMARSH Director
Appointed 2019-10-05
DIRECTOR Appointed 2018-02-06
Appointed 2008-01-09

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Group structure 2 subsidiaries

Controlled by FOURTH HOLDINGS U.K. LIMITED — since 2021-12-28

Controlled by FOURTH HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

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Gender pay gap

26.5%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom quarter for parity

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Contact details

Website
fourth.com

Restaurant and hospitality-specific technology, services, and analytics to manage your workforce and inventory.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
FOURTH HOSPITALITY LIMITED2012-11-22
THE RESTAURANTGAME.COM LIMITED2005-10-20
HALLCO 373 LIMITED2000-02-14

Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
6TH FLOOR 103 REGENT STREET, LONDON, W1B 4HL2010-01-18
GRANT THORNTON, 1ST FLOOR ROYAL LIVER BUILDING, LIVERPOOL, L3 1PS2008-12-04
ST JAMES'S COURT 30 BROWN STREET, MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE M2 2JF2004-04-20

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 9,068 similar companies in EC, trading since 1999

33 companies are registered at this postcode →

The class of 1999

52%

of the 653 companies in this sector incorporated in 1999 are still active today; 46% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 4 titles

Leasehold
4
Most recent registration
2023-05-26
Where
Cheshire East (3), Greater London (1)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
AGL597281 Greater London Leasehold 2023-05-26
CH657889 Cheshire East Leasehold 2017-04-12
CH656978 Cheshire East Leasehold 2017-03-10
CH639354 Cheshire East Leasehold 2015-06-08

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