# Southern Business Communications Ltd

## Details

- **Company number:** [02529115](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02529115)
- **Status:** Active - Proposal to Strike off
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 8 Aug 1990
- **Dissolved:** 11 Aug 2026
- **Registered office:** 500 BROOK DRIVE, READING, RG2 6UU
- **Nature of business:** [96090](/sic/96090) Other service activities n.e.c.
- **Corporate group:** [GMV Nominees Ltd](/group/4) (48216 companies)


## Previous names

- Solution 4 Ltd (until 7 Dec 1994)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOMKINS, Monica | director | 3 Nov 2003 | 8 Feb 2006 |
| HOLLAND, James Peter | secretary | - | 20 Dec 2010 |
| HOLLAND, Paul Michael | director | - | 23 Jun 2023 |
| HOLLAND, Lisa | secretary | 20 Dec 2010 | 23 Jun 2023 |
| HUTT, Daron Grenville | director | 23 Jun 2023 | 23 Sep 2024 |
| CARTLEDGE, Lynda | secretary | 23 Jun 2023 | 23 Sep 2024 |
| WHITTAKER, Andrew John | director | 23 Jun 2023 | 23 May 2025 |
| VMED O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED | corporate-secretary | 1 Aug 2025 |  |
| CARTLEDGE, Dean | director | 23 Jun 2023 |  |
| SCUTT, Gary | director | 23 Jun 2023 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Michael Holland | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 18 Jun 2016 | 23 Jun 2023 |
| Mrs Lisa Holland | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 18 Jun 2016 | 23 Jun 2023 |
| 4com Group Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 23 Jun 2023 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2022 | £558,694 | £561,975 | 12 |
| 31 Aug 2021 | £541,060 | £487,425 | 12 |
| 31 Aug 2020 | £490,057 | £448,040 | 12 |
| 31 Aug 2019 | £279,638 | £313,977 | 12 |
| 31 Aug 2018 | £269,957 | £321,207 | 11 |
| 31 Aug 2017 | £235,477 | £261,555 | 11 |



## Owned by

Southern Business Communications Ltd → [4com Group Limited](/company/10844874) → [4com Technologies Limited](/company/06472837) → [Daisy Midco Limited](/company/09265705) → [O2 Business Holdings Limited](/company/16335794) → [Jet Comms Pikco Limited](/company/09203988)




## Directors' other companies

- [O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED](/person/6425132) - corporate-secretary at [Vmed O2 UK 7 Limited](/company/16039310)
- [O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED](/person/6425132) - corporate-secretary at [Vmed O2 UK Holdco 6 Limited](/company/16236372)
- [O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED](/person/6425132) - corporate-secretary at [Vmed O2 UK Intermediary Handset Financing Limited](/company/16507897)
- [O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED](/person/6425132) - corporate-secretary at [Vmed O2 UK 8 Limited](/company/15550938)
- [O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED](/person/6425132) - corporate-secretary at [O2 Communications Limited](/company/04271548)
- [O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED](/person/6425132) - corporate-secretary at [Weve Limited](/company/08178832)
- [O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED](/person/6425132) - corporate-secretary at [O2 Business Limited](/company/16039118)



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