4 FRONT DRIVER TRAINING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
12149704 · ltd · incorporated 2019-08-12
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees100100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-10-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-06-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2024-10-29
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2024-05-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 4 FRONT DRIVER TRAINING LIMITED
  12. 2019-08-12
    HONOUR, Hazel appointed
    director
  13. 2019-08-12
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Mrs Hazel Honour
Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/08/2019

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
Incorporated2019-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Frank Robinson The Axis Building
Kingsway North
Team Valley Trading Estate
Gateshead
NE11 0NQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HONOUR, Hazel
director · ~73y · appointed 2019-08-12
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Recent filings (17 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-10-29
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-12