4R BUILDING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06396402 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-11

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£2.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other construction installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,628

Cash YoY

-3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6k

↓ 3.4% YoY

Net Worth

£3k

↑ 120% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£5.4k	£-6.2k
Cash	£5.7k	£5.8k
Net assets	£2.6k	£-12.9k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-06-23
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accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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accounts · AA
2023-06-30
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accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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accounts · AA
2020-06-15
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accounts · AA
2019-06-28
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accounts · AA
2018-09-27
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address · AD01
2018-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-28
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accounts · AA
2015-10-21
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-11-13
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annual-return · AR01
2012-10-01
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PEACOCK, Jonathon Joseph resigned
director
2011-11-18
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WILLAN, Michael John resigned
secretary
2007-10-11
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Company incorporated
As 4R BUILDING LIMITED
2007-10-11
➕
MOLLOY, Peter Joseph Thomas appointed
director
2007-10-11
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WILLAN, Michael John appointed
secretary
2007-10-11
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PEACOCK, Jonathon Joseph appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Joseph Thomas Molloy Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	05/10/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-10-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Asm House

103a Keymer Road

Hassocks

West Sussex

BN6 8QL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-25

Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MOLLOY, Peter Joseph Thomas→

director · ~66y · appointed 2007-10-11

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Active

WILLAN, Michael John→

secretary · appointed 2007-10-11 · resigned 2011-11-18

Resigned

PEACOCK, Jonathon Joseph→

director · ~50y · appointed 2007-10-11 · resigned 2012-10-01

Resigned

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