4 FIGHTERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04875086 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-22

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

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

93120Activities of sport clubs

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 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

8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-12
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-12
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officers · TM01
2023-09-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-15
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ASHFORD, Ronald resigned
director
2023-05-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
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CLEMENTS, Anthony resigned
director
2022-05-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
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ASHFORD, Ronald resigned
secretary
2021-09-15
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-08-25
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2018-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-07-31
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2006-11-10
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ASHFORD, Ronald appointed
secretary
2006-11-10
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THAKORE, Kirit resigned
secretary
2006-11-10
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THAKORE, Kirit resigned
director
2003-08-26
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-08-26
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2003-08-22
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Company incorporated
As 4 FIGHTERS LIMITED
2003-08-22
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JONES, Paul appointed
director
2003-08-22
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THAKORE, Kirit appointed
secretary
2003-08-22
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-08-22
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ASHFORD, Ronald appointed
director
2003-08-22
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CLEMENTS, Anthony appointed
director
2003-08-22
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THAKORE, Kirit appointed
director
2003-08-22
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 66. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Paul Jones Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	23/08/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Anthony Clementsceased 01/12/2022· 25-50% shares
Mr Ronald Ashfordceased 15/07/2023· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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ABMB CONSULTANCY LIMITED→ 15359879 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ABOUT CHANGE EDUCATION LTD→ 15851770 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ABRAHAM ZHAO LIMITED→ 13850644 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
ABRAR ONLINE LTD→ 15923661 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ABS HEALTH AND SAFETY LTD→ 06538618 · est 2008 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	—	—
AC ACADEMY CIC→ 16657028 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT LEARNING LTD→ 12663969 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE LTD→ 08136354 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
ACADEMIC RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE LTD→ 15266643 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ACADEMY OF LIGHT AOL LTD→ 13756113 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
ACCELER8 DRIVING ACADEMY LIMITED→ 11481812 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ACCELERATE TUITION LTD→ 14568739 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Incorporated2003-08-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

Unit 21 35-37 Nursery Road

Hockley

Birmingham

West Midlands

B19 2XN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-03

Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

JONES, Paul→

director · ~66y · appointed 2003-08-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ASHFORD, Ronald→

secretary · appointed 2006-11-10 · resigned 2021-09-15

Resigned

THAKORE, Kirit→

secretary · appointed 2003-08-22 · resigned 2006-11-10

Resigned

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-22 · resigned 2003-08-26

Resigned

ASHFORD, Ronald→

director · ~59y · appointed 2003-08-22 · resigned 2023-07-15

Resigned

CLEMENTS, Anthony→

director · ~65y · appointed 2003-08-22 · resigned 2022-12-01

Resigned

THAKORE, Kirit→

director · ~60y · appointed 2003-08-22 · resigned 2006-11-10

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-22 · resigned 2003-08-26

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (82 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-05-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-05-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-15

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-09-12

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-09-12

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-09-12

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-09-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-05-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-05-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-15

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2021-09-15