ALBION 4C LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05677101 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-16
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£5.13M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 15.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £5,128,671
Net assets shrinking
Down £257,879 YoY
Cash YoY
+441%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£3.6m
↑ 441% YoY
Net Worth
£5.1m
↓ 4.8% YoY
Current Assets
£5.3m
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.13M | £5.39M |
| Current assets | £5.31M | £6.87M |
| Cash | £3.62M | £668.9k |
| Debtors | £1.69M | £5.19M |
| Net assets | £5.13M | £5.39M |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-30➖FENNER, Rolf resigneddirector
- 2020-06-30📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-06-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-06-17➕FENNER, Guy Alain appointeddirector
- 2019-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-06-25🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2017-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-05-30➕GUPPY, Paul Jeremy appointeddirector
- 2017-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-11-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2010-09-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2006-02-15➕FENNER, Rolf appointeddirector
- 2006-01-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ALBION 4C LIMITED
- 2006-01-16➕GUPPY, Paul Jeremy appointedsecretary
- 2006-01-16➕BEER, Hugo Aldo appointeddirector
- 2006-01-16➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-01-16➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-01-16➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-01-16➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
75/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Hugo Aldo Beer Individual · Swiss · DOB 10/1951 · age 75 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Vivienne Rose Beer Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740
Registered office
Fleming Court
Leigh Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 9PD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
GUPPY, Paul Jeremy→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BEER, Hugo Aldo→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2006-01-16
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FENNER, Guy Alain→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2020-06-17
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GUPPY, Paul Jeremy→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2017-05-30
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-16 · resigned 2006-01-16
FENNER, Rolf→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2006-02-15 · resigned 2020-06-30
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-16 · resigned 2006-01-16
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 25/06/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 2 properties | 15/11/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 20/09/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (62 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-06-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-06-30