4CNC LTD

🌳Matureactive

05178656 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-13

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 13.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 13.3y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 13.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

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	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	200	200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2025-04-29
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accounts · AA
2024-04-04
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accounts · AA
2023-04-26
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accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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accounts · AA
2021-04-30
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accounts · AA
2020-04-29
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accounts · AA
2019-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-03-15
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accounts · AA
2017-01-16
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address · AD01
2016-08-08
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JUKES, Michelle appointed
director
2016-08-08
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officers · AP01
2016-04-26
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accounts · AA
2015-08-27
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annual-return · AR01
2013-03-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
2004-07-13
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Company incorporated
As 4CNC LTD
2004-07-13
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JUKES, Michelle appointed
secretary
2004-07-13
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JUKES, Mark Trevor appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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 22 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Michelle Jukes Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	19/07/2018
Mr Mark Trevor Jukes Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2004-07-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990

Registered office

H2 Hilton Main Industrial Estate, Bognop Road

Essington

Wolverhampton

WV11 2BE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-27

Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

JUKES, Michelle→

secretary · appointed 2004-07-13

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JUKES, Mark Trevor→

director · ~64y · appointed 2004-07-13

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JUKES, Michelle→

director · ~61y · appointed 2016-08-08

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited	All assets debenture	1 property	11/03/2013	—

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