4 EYES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04895686 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-11
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 10.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£160.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £160,482

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£160k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£204k
↓ 6.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£43k£87k£130k£174k£217kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£160.5k£139.4k
Current assets£203.7k£217.2k
Net assets£160.5k£139.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-24
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  3. 2023-09-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2023-09-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-09-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  6. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2021-11-18
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  9. 2020-10-26
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-03-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-03-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2016-07-06
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  17. 2004-05-19
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    HENWOOD, Phillip William appointed
    director
  18. 2003-10-28
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    HENWOOD, Phillip William appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-10-28
    ➕
    ISAACS, Christopher Stanley appointed
    director
  20. 2003-10-28
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    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-10-28
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-09-11
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    Company incorporated
    As 4 EYES LIMITED
  23. 2003-09-11
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-09-11
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

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 82 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 22 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Stanley Isaacs
Individual · British · DOB 11/1944 · age 82
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/09/2023
Mr Phillip William Henwood
Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/09/2023

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
Incorporated2003-09-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

110 Lancaster Road
Barnet
Hertfordshire
EN4 8AL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HENWOOD, Phillip William→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-28
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Active
HENWOOD, Phillip William→
director · ~51y · appointed 2004-05-19
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Active
ISAACS, Christopher Stanley→
director · ~82y · appointed 2003-10-28
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Active
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-11 · resigned 2003-10-28
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-11 · resigned 2003-10-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge—21/03/2016—
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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-25
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13