4X4 - WITHOUT A CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05813894 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2006-05-11
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees00

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-02-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-01-31
    ➖
    COOPER, Paul resigned
    director
  6. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-21
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2016-07-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2006-05-11
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    Company incorporated
    As 4X4 - WITHOUT A CLUB LIMITED
  18. 2006-05-11
    ➕
    AWBERY, Stephanie Irene appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-05-11
    ➕
    AWBERY, Ashlea appointed
    director
  20. 2006-05-11
    ➕
    AWBERY, Laurence appointed
    director
  21. 2006-05-11
    ➕
    AWBERY, Stephanie Irene appointed
    director
  22. 2006-05-11
    ➕
    COOPER, Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 71 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Laurence Awbery
Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Stephanie Irene Awbery
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Paul Cooperceased 31/01/2026· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2006-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

32 The Close, Burghfield Common
Reading
Berkshire
RG7 3HT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

AWBERY, Stephanie Irene→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-11
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Active
AWBERY, Ashlea→
director · ~38y · appointed 2006-05-11
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Active
AWBERY, Laurence→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-05-11
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Active
AWBERY, Stephanie Irene→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOPER, Paul→
director · ~81y · appointed 2006-05-11 · resigned 2026-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-26