4SEC LTD
🌳Matureactive
05639855 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-30
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 3.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£18.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.6y
55/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Charge age ~3.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £18,175
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£18k
↑ 137% YoY
Current Assets
£415k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £288.3k | £220.6k |
| Current assets | £414.6k | £325.5k |
| Net assets | £18.2k | £-49.2k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-28📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-27📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-10-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Nasir Bashir Ali (As Trustees of the 4SEC LTD Small Self Administered Scheme)
- 2022-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-02-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-02-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-02-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-11-30📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-02-01➕ALI, Sabina appointeddirector
- 2005-11-30🏢Company incorporatedAs 4SEC LTD
- 2005-11-30➕ALI, Bashir Ahmed appointedsecretary
- 2005-11-30➕ALI, Nasir Bashir 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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)
Group structure
N & S Leicester Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
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N & S Leicester Limited
Corporate parent
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4SEC LTD
This company · 05639855
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N & S Leicester Limited Corporate entity | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 15/02/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Sabina Aliceased 15/02/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Nasir Bashir Aliceased 15/02/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
4 St. Andrews Drive
Leicester
LE2 2RG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
ALI, Nasir Bashir→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2005-11-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Nasir Bashir Ali (As Trustees of the 4SEC Small Self Administered Scheme) / Sabina Ali (As Trustees of the 4SEC Small Self Administered Scheme) / Obsidian Trustees (As Trustees of the 4SEC Small Self Administered Scheme) Nasir Bashir Ali (As Trustees of the 4SEC LTD Small Self Administered Scheme) / Sabina Ali (As Trustees of the 4SEC LTD Small Self Administered Scheme) / Obsidian Trustees Limited (As Trustees of the 4SEC LTD Small Self Administered Scheme) | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/10/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (60 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08