4CAST GROUP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07260395 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 15.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 15.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.8 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: medium (60/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
69 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.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-08-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-08-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-04📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-05-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-11📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2020-01-07📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2019-10-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-10-15➖BLANK, Paul Daniel resigneddirector
- 2019-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-24➕FABUNMI, Joseph appointeddirector
- 2018-10-24➕BLANK, Paul Daniel appointeddirector
- 2018-10-24➖WALTERS, Michael resigneddirector
- 2017-06-30➖LINDSELL, Philip Edmund resigneddirector
- 2017-05-05➕WALTERS, Michael appointeddirector
- 2016-05-19➖BERRY, Robin Seymour resigneddirector
- 2015-05-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Kawaljit Singh Arora
- 2015-04-29➕BERRY, Robin Seymour appointeddirector
- 2010-07-30➕LINDSELL, Philip Edmund appointeddirector
- 2010-07-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Kawaljit Singh Arora
- 2010-05-20🏢Company incorporatedAs 4CAST GROUP LIMITED
- 2010-05-20➕ARORA, Kawaljit Singh appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)
Group structure
4cast Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
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4cast Holdings Limited
Corporate parent
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4CAST GROUP LIMITED
This company · 07260395
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
4cast Holdings Limited Corporate entity | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest | 07/04/2016 |
Mr Kawaljit Singh Arora Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Lj Capital Limitedceased 07/04/2016· 50-75% voting · trust interest
- Quadrangle Trustee Services Limitedceased 07/04/2016· significant influence · trust interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
1 Harrington Gardens
London
SW7 4JJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-03
Last: 2025-05-20
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
ARORA, Kawaljit Singh→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2010-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FABUNMI, Joseph→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2018-10-24
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BERRY, Robin Seymour→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2015-04-29 · resigned 2016-05-19
BLANK, Paul Daniel→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2018-10-24 · resigned 2019-10-15
LINDSELL, Philip Edmund→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2010-07-30 · resigned 2017-06-30
WALTERS, Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2017-05-05 · resigned 2018-10-24
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Kawaljit Singh Arora | A registered charge | 2 properties | 11/05/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Kawaljit Singh Arora | Debenture | 1 property | 30/07/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (69 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-22