1 FOUR 1 CARE LTD

🌳Matureactive
10034165 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£5.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
23 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,538
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 4.6% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£49k
↓ 5.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£10k£21k£31k£41k£52kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.5k£4.2k
Current assets£49.0k£51.7k
Cash£1.8k£1.9k
Debtors£47.2k£49.8k
Net assets£5.5k£4.2k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-03-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-20
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    CLAY, Dominic George Frederick appointed
    director
  10. 2020-10-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-10-09
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-01
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-01
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    Company incorporated
    As 1 FOUR 1 CARE LTD
  15. 2016-03-01
    ➕
    CLAY, Audley Keith Donovan appointed
    director
  16. 2016-03-01
    ➕
    CLAY, Daniel Joshua appointed
    director
  17. 2016-03-01
    ➕
    CLAY, Darian Morris appointed
    director
  18. 2016-03-01
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    CLAY, Gillian appointed
    director
  19. 2016-03-01
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    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Mrs Gillian Clay
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mr Audley Keith Donovan Clay
Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2016-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

10 Tilgate Parade
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 5EQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

CLAY, Audley Keith Donovan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-03-01
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Active
CLAY, Daniel Joshua→
director · ~38y · appointed 2016-03-01
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Active
CLAY, Darian Morris→
director · ~32y · appointed 2016-03-01
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Active
CLAY, Dominic George Frederick→
director · ~40y · appointed 2020-10-20
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Active
CLAY, Gillian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-03-01
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Active

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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-20