4 U DESIGNS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07255010 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-17
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£732.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 15.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £732,157

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£732k
↑ 3.1% YoY
Current Assets
£751k
↑ 1.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£150k£300k£451k£601k£751kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£732.2k£709.9k
Current assets£750.9k£739.0k
Net assets£732.2k£709.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-03-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-03-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-02-28
    ➕
    GURJEE, Seema appointed
    director
  8. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-24
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2018-05-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2017-04-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2012-05-18
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    GURJEE, Seema resigned
    director
  19. 2011-02-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  20. 2011-02-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 2010-05-24
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    GURJEE, Soyeb appointed
    director
  22. 2010-05-24
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    GURJEE, Soyeb resigned
    director
  23. 2010-05-17
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    Company incorporated
    As 4 U DESIGNS LIMITED
  24. 2010-05-17
    ➕
    BAPU, Abdurehman Shamsulhaq appointed
    director
  25. 2010-05-17
    ➕
    GURJEE, Seema appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Abdurrehman Shamsulhaq Bapu
Individual · British · DOB 10/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Seema Gurjee
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-05-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

9 Victoria Road
Fulwood
Preston
Lancashire
PR2 8ND

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last: 2025-05-17

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BAPU, Abdurehman Shamsulhaq→
director · ~53y · appointed 2010-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GURJEE, Seema→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GURJEE, Seema→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-05-17 · resigned 2012-05-18
Resigned
GURJEE, Soyeb→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-05-24 · resigned 2010-05-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property21/02/2011—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property01/02/2011—
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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-18