4 CLADDING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04739910 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-22

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 18.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£2.19M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.7y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

98 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,192,203

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.4m

Net Worth

£2.2m

Current Assets

£2.3m

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31
Total assets	£2.33M
Current assets	£2.31M
Cash	£1.37M
Debtors	£841.1k
Net assets	£2.19M

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-01-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
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address · AD01
2026-01-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-21
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officers · AP01
2026-01-19
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SPENCE, Joanna Mary appointed
director
2025-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-02
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-13
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officers · AP01
2022-06-07
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BARLOW, Robert appointed
director
2022-06-07
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DONALD, Claire appointed
director
2021-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-07-31
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KLABBERS, Adrianus resigned
secretary
2019-07-31
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KLABBERS, Adrianus Johannes Marie resigned
director
2019-06-25
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SPENCE, Thomas appointed
director
2019-02-04
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-02-04
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Charge satisfied #1
2013-06-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2007-08-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2003-05-07
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SPENCE, Martyn appointed
director
2003-05-07
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HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
nominee-secretary
2003-05-07
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KLABBERS, Adrianus appointed
secretary
2003-05-07
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KLABBERS, Adrianus Johannes Marie appointed
director
2003-05-07
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BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2003-04-22
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Company incorporated
As 4 CLADDING SERVICES LIMITED
2003-04-22
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HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
nominee-secretary
2003-04-22
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BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SPENCE, Joanna Mary (same surname) appointed 2026-01-19. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Name changed recently

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-11-25: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Mjs Yorkshire Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Mjs Yorkshire Limited

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

ultimate parent

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4 CLADDING SERVICES LIMITED

This company · 04739910

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
Mjs Yorkshire Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	31/07/2019

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Rose Tulip Holdings Ltdceased 31/07/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Mr Adrianus Klabbersceased 25/09/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mjs Yorkshire Limitedceased 25/09/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2003-04-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

Gateway To Humberside Trading Estate

Gilberdyke

Brough

Humberside

HU15 2TD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-07

Last: 2026-04-23