4 CORNERS IMAGES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05215147 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-26.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialist photography
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
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
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £26,915
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£27k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-26.9k | £-34.7k |
| Current assets | £21.5k | £18.7k |
| Net assets | £-26.9k | £-34.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-07📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-10-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-07-02➕KISIC, Sladana appointeddirector
- 2004-08-26🏢Company incorporatedAs 4 CORNERS IMAGES LIMITED
- 2004-08-26➕IREK, Carlo Rene appointedsecretary
- 2004-08-26➕IREK, Carlo Rene appointeddirector
- 2004-08-26➕SIMEONE, Giovanni, Mr. appointeddirector
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Carlo Rene Irek Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr. Giovanni Simeone Individual · Italian · DOB 02/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74202 — Other specialist photography
Registered office
71-75 Shelton Street
London
WC2H 9JQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
IREK, Carlo Rene→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2004-08-26
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KISIC, Sladana→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2014-07-02
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SIMEONE, Giovanni, Mr.→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2004-08-26
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Recent filings (78 total)
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2026-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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2025-10-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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2025-10-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-07
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-10-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-26