4EVERWINE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03636331 · ltd · incorporated 1998-09-22
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46170
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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 (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£5k£9k£14k£18k£23kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets—£21.9k
Net assets—£22.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2026-03-31
    ➖
    DUNSTAN, John Victor Orlando Derrick resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-05-09
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-08-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-08-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2003-07-24
    ➕
    DUNSTAN, John Victor Orlando Derrick appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-07-24
    ➖
    VILES, Graham Timothy resigned
    secretary
  20. 1998-09-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 4EVERWINE LIMITED
  21. 1998-09-22
    ➕
    DUNSTAN, James appointed
    director
  22. 1998-09-22
    ➕
    VILES, Graham Timothy appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-09-22
    ➕
    ACCESS REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1998-09-22
    ➖
    ACCESS REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-09-22
    ➕
    ACCESS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1998-09-22
    ➖
    ACCESS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Dunstan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence22/09/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated1998-09-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46170 — SIC 46170

Registered office

16 Crendon Street
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP13 6LW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

DUNSTAN, James→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNSTAN, John Victor Orlando Derrick→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-24 · resigned 2026-03-31
Resigned
VILES, Graham Timothy→
secretary · appointed 1998-09-22 · resigned 2003-07-24
Resigned
ACCESS REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-09-22 · resigned 1998-09-22
Resigned
ACCESS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-09-22 · resigned 1998-09-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23