4R FUTURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06430577 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-19
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-9.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £9,280

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£9k
↓ 128% YoY
Current Assets
£16k
↑ 149% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£9k-£4k£1k£6k£11k£16kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£-8.6k£-3.4k
Current assets£16.5k£6.6k
Net assets£-9.3k£-4.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
    ➕
    O'SHAUGHNESSY, Tracey Louise appointed
    director
  2. 2025-12-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-02-10
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  4. 2024-02-27
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  5. 2023-01-18
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  6. 2022-09-20
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  7. 2022-05-24
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  8. 2021-04-21
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  9. 2020-06-17
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  10. 2019-07-30
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  11. 2018-03-08
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  12. 2017-03-22
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  13. 2016-04-08
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  14. 2015-11-19
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  15. 2015-08-19
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  16. 2014-11-19
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  17. 2009-04-20
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    O'SHAUGHNESSY, Tracey Louise resigned
    director
  18. 2007-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As 4R FUTURE LIMITED
  19. 2007-11-19
    ➕
    O'SHAUGHNESSY, Tracey Louise appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-11-19
    ➕
    O'SHAUGHNESSY, Paul Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2007-11-19
    ➕
    O'SHAUGHNESSY, Tracey Louise appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Anthony Oshaughnessy
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-11-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Eastway Enterprise Centre
7 Paynes Park
Hitchin
SG5 1EH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last: 2025-11-19

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

O'SHAUGHNESSY, Tracey Louise→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-19
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Active
O'SHAUGHNESSY, Paul Anthony→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-11-19
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Active
O'SHAUGHNESSY, Tracey Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-12-02
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Active
O'SHAUGHNESSY, Tracey Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-11-19 · resigned 2009-04-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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officers · AP01
2025-12-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-28
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accounts · AA
2025-02-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-19