FOURSEEN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04084652 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-05
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£-5.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Risk and damage evaluation
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
74 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,102

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£5k
↑ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£14k
↑ 102% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£11k-£6k-£1k£4k£9k£14kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£-5.1k£-10.8k
Current assets£13.6k£6.7k
Net assets£-5.1k£-10.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2019-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2018-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2017-10-11
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    officers · CH03
  13. 2017-10-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2017-10-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2000-11-10
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    ROWLAND, Deborah Ann appointed
    secretary
  17. 2000-11-10
    ➕
    ROWLAND, Danny appointed
    director
  18. 2000-11-10
    ➖
    ABC COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2000-11-10
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    PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 2000-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As FOURSEEN LIMITED
  21. 2000-10-05
    ➕
    ABC COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-10-05
    ➕
    PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Danny Rowland
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Deborah Ann Rowland
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2000-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66210 — Risk and damage evaluation

Registered office

Suite 9 Corum Two Corum Office Park
Crown Way
Warmley
Bristol
BS30 8FJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ROWLAND, Deborah Ann→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROWLAND, Danny→
director · ~72y · appointed 2000-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABC COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-05 · resigned 2000-11-10
Resigned
PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-05 · resigned 2000-11-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
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accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-25