4REAL OFFICIAL LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15375919 · ltd · incorporated 2023-12-29
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-09
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-07-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-07-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-07-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-07-08
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-07-04
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2023-12-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 4REAL OFFICIAL LTD
  9. 2023-12-29
    IBRAHIM FRADE, Rafik Jordan Patrick appointed
    director
  10. 2023-12-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-07-04: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rafik Jordan Patrick Ibrahim Frade
Individual · Portuguese · DOB 09/2000 · age 26
75100%
75-100% shares29/12/2023

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
Incorporated2023-12-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46110 — Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods

Registered office

204 North Woolwich Road
London
E16 2UA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-11
Last: 2025-12-28

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

IBRAHIM FRADE, Rafik Jordan Patrick
director · ~26y · appointed 2023-12-29
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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-08
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-07-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-12-29