4 DRAGONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05554379 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-05
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
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-3.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
60 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 £3,442

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£3k
↓ 131% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£3k-£69£3k£7k£10k£13kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-3.4k£-1.5k
Current assets£13.4k£9.5k
Net assets£-3.4k£-1.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-03-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-03-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-03-30
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2017-03-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-03-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2009-06-01
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    HAMER, Malcolm David resigned
    director
  17. 2005-09-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 4 DRAGONS LIMITED
  18. 2005-09-05
    ➕
    KEENAN, Barbara Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-09-05
    ➕
    BANGS, David John appointed
    director
  20. 2005-09-05
    ➕
    COTTLE, Sydney John appointed
    director
  21. 2005-09-05
    ➕
    KEENAN, Barbara Anne appointed
    director
  22. 2005-09-05
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-09-05
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-09-05
    ➕
    HAMER, Malcolm David appointed
    director
  25. 2005-09-05
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2005-09-05
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Barbara Anne Keenan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Sydney John Cottle
Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr David John Bangs
Individual · British · DOB 11/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

32 Derby Street
Ormskirk
Lancashire
L39 2BY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

KEENAN, Barbara Anne→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BANGS, David John→
director · ~76y · appointed 2005-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COTTLE, Sydney John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEENAN, Barbara Anne→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-05 · resigned 2005-09-05
Resigned
HAMER, Malcolm David→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-09-05 · resigned 2009-06-01
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-05 · resigned 2005-09-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25