4BOUYS INNS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04403627 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-26
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 24.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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 Liabilities
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£0£20k£40k£60k£81k£101kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets—£87.1k
Current assets—£100.7k
Net assets—£87.1k
Average employees0—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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  8. 2025-03-13
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  9. 2025-03-13
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  10. 2025-01-02
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  11. 2024-01-17
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  12. 2023-02-01
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  13. 2022-02-24
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  14. 2021-02-01
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  15. 2020-01-31
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  16. 2019-02-08
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  17. 2003-09-18
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    HART, Debra Jayne appointed
    director
  18. 2002-04-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2002-04-01
    ➕
    HART, Debra Jayne appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-04-01
    ➕
    HART, John Terence Loughnan appointed
    director
  21. 2002-03-26
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    Company incorporated
    As 4BOUYS INNS LIMITED
  22. 2002-03-26
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-03-26
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-03-26
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
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  25. 2002-03-26
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 John Terence Loughnan Hart
Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/03/2017
Mrs Debra Jayne Hart
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/03/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

The Lodge
20, South Coast Road
Peacehaven
East Sussex
BN10 8SX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HART, Debra Jayne→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-01
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Active
HART, Debra Jayne→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-09-18
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Active
HART, John Terence Loughnan→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-04-01
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Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-26 · resigned 2002-03-26
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-26 · resigned 2002-03-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property15/04/2002—
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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-01