1ST 4 SELF STORAGE LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10696377 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-29
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£449.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £449,286
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£449k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£481k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £449.3k | £379.1k |
| Current assets | £480.8k | £429.8k |
| Cash | — | £194.2k |
| Debtors | — | £235.5k |
| Net assets | £449.3k | £379.0k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-02-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-01-08➕YOULDEN, Fiona Michelle appointeddirector
- 2025-01-08➖VAUGHAN, Alan resigneddirector
- 2024-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-29🏢Company incorporatedAs 1ST 4 SELF STORAGE LTD
- 2017-03-29➕VAUGHAN, Richard appointeddirector
- 2017-03-29➕VAUGHAN, Alan appointeddirector
- 2017-03-29📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Richard Vaughan Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 29/03/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Alan Vaughanceased 08/01/2025· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103
Registered office
Arrowsmith Court
10 Station Approach
Broadstone
BH18 8AT
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
VAUGHAN, Richard→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2017-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YOULDEN, Fiona Michelle→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2025-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VAUGHAN, Alan→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2017-03-29 · resigned 2025-01-08
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Recent filings (21 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-11