4 SEASONS TREE & GARDEN SERVICES LTD
🌳Matureactive
09449442 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-19
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-02📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-29📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-01-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-01➕BALL, Julie Amanda appointedsecretary
- 2019-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-04➕BALL, Samuel Jon appointeddirector
- 2019-03-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-19🏢Company incorporatedAs 4 SEASONS TREE & GARDEN SERVICES LTD
- 2015-02-19➕BALL, Robert John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
74/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
51/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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 |
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Mr Samuel Jon Ball Individual · British · DOB 06/1999 · age 27 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 29/03/2023 |
Mr Robert John Ball Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities
Registered office
Rose Cottage David Street
Wick
Nr Cowbridge
Vale Of Glamorgan
CF71 7QF
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BALL, Julie Amanda→
Activesecretary · appointed 2020-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BALL, Robert John→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-02-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BALL, Samuel Jon→
Activedirector · ~27y · appointed 2019-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (29 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-29
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-01-29