40SEVEN LIMITED

📈Growthactive

05405516 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-29

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£9.66M

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 21.0y

45/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 21.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

33 officers (6 active, 33 linked, 24 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

132 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,407,703

Strong revenue growth

Turnover up 20% YoY

Turnover YoY

+20%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Turnover	£9.66M	£8.08M
Gross profit	£3.33M	£2.37M
Operating profit	£1.41M	£559.4k
Profit before tax	£1.41M	£548.1k
Average employees	9400	8300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (88 events)Click to expand

2025-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-03-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-10-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-14
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MARRIOTT, Matthew Giles Thomas appointed
director
2024-10-14
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DETCHEPARE, Nicolas Louis resigned
director
2024-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-31
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GOODWIN, Jason Richard appointed
director
2023-10-31
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GOUGH, David appointed
director
2023-10-31
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DETCHEPARE, Nicolas Louis appointed
director
2023-10-12
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-26
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BENTLEY, Martin Matthew resigned
director
2023-06-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-02-15
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-02-15
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Charge satisfied #4
2022-02-15
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Charge satisfied #3
2021-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-10-10
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BOND, Richard appointed
director
2016-10-10
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HANIGAN, Brian Patrick resigned
secretary
2016-10-10
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ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2016-10-10
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BENTLEY, Martin Matthew appointed
director
2016-10-10
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CORSO, Jeffrey resigned
director
2016-10-10
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PFEFFERLE, Florian resigned
director
2016-10-10
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Bentley O-S Limited
2016-08-15
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CORSO, Jeffrey appointed
director
2016-05-18
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BLAKEMAN, Shaun Michael resigned
director
2015-10-05
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BOND, Richard Andrew appointed
secretary
2015-10-05
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HANIGAN, Brian Patrick appointed
secretary
2015-10-05
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BLAKEMAN, Shaun Michael appointed
director
2015-09-07
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ROEBUCK, Neil resigned
secretary
2015-09-07
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ROEBUCK, Neil David resigned
director
2013-04-19
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MORGAN, Richard Clark resigned
director
2013-04-19
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PFEFFERLE, Florian appointed
director
2013-02-11
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Flodrive Properties Limited
2012-05-22
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ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2012-05-01
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EDWARDS, Ian Brian appointed
director
2012-05-01
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ROEBUCK, Neil appointed
secretary
2012-05-01
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SCARLETT, Neil resigned
secretary
2012-05-01
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ROEBUCK, Neil David appointed
director
2012-05-01
➖
SCARLETT, Neil resigned
director

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Owner dependency

48/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Ietg Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ietg Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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40SEVEN LIMITED

This company · 05405516

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ietg Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	26/04/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Ietg Limitedceased 26/04/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-03-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Socotec House Bretby Business Park

Bretby

Burton-On-Trent

DE15 0YZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-15

Last: 2026-03-01