4FR LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05742860 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-14
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (75/100)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 (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
6
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-03📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-04-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-30📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-11-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2006-03-14🏢Company incorporatedAs 4FR LIMITED
- 2006-03-14➕SINGLETON, Eve appointedsecretary
- 2006-03-14➕SINGLETON, Damian Jonathan Andrew appointeddirector
- 2006-03-14➕SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-03-14➖SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-03-14➕WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-03-14➖WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
85/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
75/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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 Damian Jonathan Andrew Singleton Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Eve Singleton Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 13/03/2026 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Damian Jonathan Andrew Singletonceased 12/03/2026· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
Drayton House
Drayton Lane
Chichester
West Sussex
PO20 2EW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
Active
SINGLETON, Damian Jonathan Andrew→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2006-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-14 · resigned 2006-03-14
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-14 · resigned 2006-03-14
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (63 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13