4M PORTABLE BUILDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02760142 · ltd · incorporated 1992-10-29

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 28.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.2y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 28.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (3 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

116 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	300	200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
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MCGOWAN, Daniel Hugh appointed
director
2022-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-01
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MORRIS, David Michael resigned
director
2022-02-01
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MORRIS, Kevin Richard resigned
director
2021-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-23
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-02-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-02-11
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-02-10
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MORRIS, David Michael appointed
director
2020-02-10
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MORRIS, Kevin Richard appointed
director
2020-01-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-31
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-01-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-31
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-12-20
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GROCOTT, David Victor appointed
director
2019-12-20
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GROCOTT, Linda Mary appointed
director
2019-12-20
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MORRIS, Victoria Mary resigned
secretary
2019-12-20
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MORRIS, David Michael resigned
director
2019-12-20
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MORRIS, Kevin Richard resigned
director
2019-12-20
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MORRIS, Melody resigned
director
2019-12-20
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MORRIS, Victoria Mary resigned
director
2019-12-06
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Charge satisfied #1
1998-04-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1994-01-03
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FIELDING, Janice Diane resigned
director
1994-01-03
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FIELDING, Michael Christopher resigned
director
1993-11-12
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MORRIS, Jill Margaret resigned
director
1993-11-12
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MORRIS, John Idris Frank resigned
director
1993-10-29
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CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-10-29
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CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1992-10-29
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Company incorporated
As 4M PORTABLE BUILDINGS LIMITED
1992-10-29
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CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-10-29
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CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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

4m Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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4m Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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4M PORTABLE BUILDINGS LIMITED

This company · 02760142

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
4m Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	20/12/2019

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr David Michael Morrisceased 20/12/2019· 25-50% shares
Mr Kevin Richard Morrisceased 20/12/2019· 25-50% shares
Mrs Victoria Mary Morrisceased 20/12/2019· 25-50% voting
Mrs Melody Morrisceased 20/12/2019· 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Typeltd

Incorporated1992-10-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Brookdale Station Road

Prees

Whitchurch

SY13 2DW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-12

Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (3 active · 13 resigned)

GROCOTT, David Victor→

director · ~65y · appointed 2019-12-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GROCOTT, Linda Mary→

director · ~62y · appointed 2019-12-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCGOWAN, Daniel Hugh→

director · ~57y · appointed 2023-06-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MORRIS, Victoria Mary→

secretary · resigned 2019-12-20

Resigned

CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-10-29 · resigned 1993-10-29

Resigned

FIELDING, Janice Diane→

director · ~65y · resigned 1994-01-03

Resigned

FIELDING, Michael Christopher→

director · ~65y · resigned 1994-01-03

Resigned

MORRIS, David Michael→

director · ~79y · appointed 2020-02-10 · resigned 2022-02-01

Resigned

MORRIS, David Michael→

director · ~79y · resigned 2019-12-20

Resigned

MORRIS, Jill Margaret→

director · ~78y · resigned 1993-11-12

Resigned

MORRIS, John Idris Frank→

director · ~74y · resigned 1993-11-12

Resigned

MORRIS, Kevin Richard→

director · ~65y · appointed 2020-02-10 · resigned 2022-02-01

Resigned

MORRIS, Kevin Richard→

director · ~65y · resigned 2019-12-20

Resigned

MORRIS, Melody→

director · ~64y · resigned 2019-12-20

Resigned

MORRIS, Victoria Mary→

director · ~74y · resigned 2019-12-20

Resigned

CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-10-29 · resigned 1993-10-29

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	08/04/1998	06/12/2019

Recent filings (116 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-12

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-07-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-10

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-06-24

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-06-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-09

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2021-10-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-20