4 SEASONS (HULL) LTD

🌳Matureactive

03496992 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1998-01-22

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£87.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Landscape service activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

17 officers (5 active, 17 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £87,319

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,765 YoY

Cash YoY

-2%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£117k

↓ 2.2% YoY

Net Worth

£87k

↓ 5.2% YoY

Current Assets

£119k

↓ 2.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£106.2k	£115.1k
Current assets	£118.8k	£122.0k
Cash	£117.4k	£120.0k
Debtors	£1.4k	£2.0k
Net assets	£87.3k	£92.1k

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

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1 signal 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

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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2026-02-27
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officers · TM01
2025-12-22
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accounts · AA
2025-11-10
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officers · TM01
2025-11-04
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MILES, Sheri-Leigh resigned
director
2024-09-09
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accounts · AA
2024-02-01
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officers · CH01
2024-02-01
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address · AD01
2023-12-11
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accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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2021-12-13
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2021-03-25
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2019-12-20
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accounts · AA
2019-07-11
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officers · TM01
2019-03-31
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ROWLAND, Martin Clive resigned
director
2019-01-03
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accounts · AA
2018-02-21
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officers · AP01
2018-02-20
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GILLILAND, Brian Thomas appointed
director
2018-02-20
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LEACH, Susan Jane appointed
director
2018-02-20
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SCANLAN, Patrick appointed
director
2018-02-20
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LEACH, Susan Jane appointed
director
2018-02-20
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LEACH, Susan Jane resigned
director
2018-02-20
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MILES, Sheri-Leigh appointed
director
2018-02-20
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2015-07-10
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WARING, Kim Michelle resigned
director
2014-02-07
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O'KANE, Frank John resigned
director
2012-04-18
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O'KANE, Frank John appointed
director
2011-01-24
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MCMAHON, Gererd Anthony Patrick resigned
director
2009-05-27
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STEWART, Douglas Malcolm appointed
secretary
2009-03-01
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WARING, Kim Michelle appointed
director
2008-10-14
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CAVENDER, Terence James, Major resigned
secretary
2008-10-14
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CAVENDER, Terence James, Major resigned
director
2008-01-01
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ROWLAND, Martin Clive appointed
director
2007-07-24
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HANKINSON, John resigned
director
2006-09-01
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MCMAHON, Gererd Anthony Patrick appointed
director
2005-11-01
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CAVENDER, Terence James, Major appointed
secretary
2005-11-01
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CAVENDER, Terence James, Major appointed
director
2005-08-18
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CROSTON, Fiona Carey resigned
secretary
2005-08-18
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CROSTON, Fiona Carey resigned
director
2001-08-20
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WELLS, Jonathan Mark resigned
director
1998-06-04
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STEWART, Douglas Malcolm appointed
director
1998-06-04
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HANKINSON, John appointed
director
1998-01-22
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Company incorporated
As 4 SEASONS (HULL) LTD
1998-01-22
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CROSTON, Fiona Carey appointed
secretary
1998-01-22
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CROSTON, Fiona Carey appointed
director
1998-01-22
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WELLS, Jonathan Mark appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

clean

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Doug Stewart Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest	01/01/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1998-01-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Ginkgo 7 Cottage Mews

Muston Lane

Beverley

HU17 9HD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-25

Last: 2026-02-11