4/7 MARKET STREET LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01813735 · ltd · incorporated 1984-05-04
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£5.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £5,273
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£5k
↑ 2.2% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↓ 1.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-02-27 | 2024-02-27 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £31.6k | £38.8k |
| Current assets | £59.9k | £61.0k |
| Net assets | £5.3k | £5.2k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-04-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-03-01➖MCMENAMIN, Michael Francis resigneddirector
- 2008-04-06➖HALL, Robert Keith resignedsecretary
- 2006-09-01➕SHEPHERD, Sheralynne appointeddirector
- 2005-02-28➖MOSS, Andrew John resigneddirector
- 1997-06-01➕ROWLANDS, Catherine Jane appointeddirector
- 1984-05-04🏢Company incorporatedAs 4/7 MARKET STREET LIMITED
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Cate Jane Rowlands Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/07/2016 |
Mrs Sheralynne Shepherd Individual · British · DOB 09/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-05-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Registered office
6 Nottingham Road
Long Eaton
Nottingham
NG10 1HP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last made up to: 2025-02-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
ROWLANDS, Catherine Jane→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 1997-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHEPHERD, Sheralynne→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2006-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HALL, Robert Keith→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2008-04-06
MCMENAMIN, Michael Francis→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · resigned 2011-03-01
MOSS, Andrew John→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · resigned 2005-02-28
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Recent filings (103 total)
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