4BEES MARITIME CONSULTANCY LTD
🌱Startupactive
16740212 · ltd · incorporated 2025-09-24
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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not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52220
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (43/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
1 filing — limited history
30
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
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 (7 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-24🏢Company incorporatedAs 4BEES MARITIME CONSULTANCY LTD
- 2025-09-24➕BOOTH, Dian Catherine appointedsecretary
- 2025-09-24➕BOOTH, Dian Catherine appointeddirector
- 2025-09-24➕BOOTH, Elizabeth Anne appointeddirector
- 2025-09-24➕BOOTH, Simon Keir, Captain appointeddirector
- 2025-09-24➕BOOTH, Stephanie Catherine appointeddirector
- 2025-09-24📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 0.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-09-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52220 — SIC 52220
Registered office
7 Monson Road
Northorpe
Gainsborough
DN21 4AB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-24
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-07
Last: —
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
BOOTH, Dian Catherine→
Activesecretary · appointed 2025-09-24
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BOOTH, Dian Catherine→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2025-09-24
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BOOTH, Elizabeth Anne→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2025-09-24
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BOOTH, Simon Keir, Captain→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2025-09-24
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BOOTH, Stephanie Catherine→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2025-09-24
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Recent filings (1 total)
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-09-24