11 THE PARAGON CLIFTON BRISTOL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01534335 · ltd · incorporated 1980-12-11
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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
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£0£80£160£241£321£401Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£3
Current assets—£401
Net assets—£3
Average employees200—

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

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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-04
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  2. 2024-12-09
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  3. 2023-12-05
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  4. 2022-12-06
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  5. 2021-12-13
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  6. 2021-02-24
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  7. 2019-12-17
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  8. 2018-11-19
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  9. 2018-11-19
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  10. 2018-10-27
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    WOODCOCK, Martin appointed
    director
  11. 2018-10-27
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  12. 2018-08-22
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  13. 2018-08-22
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  14. 2018-08-22
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  15. 2018-07-20
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    MARTIN, Francis Arnold resigned
    secretary
  16. 2018-07-20
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    MARTIN, Francis Arnold resigned
    director
  17. 2018-05-22
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  18. 2017-09-05
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  19. 2016-11-22
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  20. 2010-08-19
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    MARTIN, Francis Arnold appointed
    secretary
  21. 2010-07-16
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    BOWERS, Peter resigned
    secretary
  22. 2010-07-16
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    BOWERS, Peter resigned
    director
  23. 1999-11-12
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    FURMAN, Julian Emmanuel appointed
    director
  24. 1999-11-12
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    PAGET, Philippa Jean resigned
    director
  25. 1998-02-25
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    FELLOWS, Bruce resigned
    director
  26. 1998-02-25
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    PAGET, Philippa Jean appointed
    director
  27. 1996-02-15
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    BRIERLEY, Susan resigned
    director
  28. 1996-02-15
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    MARTIN, Francis Arnold appointed
    director
  29. 1980-12-11
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    Company incorporated
    As 11 THE PARAGON CLIFTON BRISTOL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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 Julian Emmanuel Furman
Individual · British · DOB 06/1979 · age 47
50–75%
—50-75% shares19/11/2018
Mr Martin Woodcock
Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares19/11/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Francis Arnold Martinceased 20/07/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1980-12-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

11 The Paragon
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 4LA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

FURMAN, Julian Emmanuel→
director · ~47y · appointed 1999-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODCOCK, Martin→
director · ~74y · appointed 2018-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOWERS, Peter→
secretary · resigned 2010-07-16
Resigned
MARTIN, Francis Arnold→
secretary · appointed 2010-08-19 · resigned 2018-07-20
Resigned
BOWERS, Peter→
director · ~87y · resigned 2010-07-16
Resigned
BRIERLEY, Susan→
director · ~79y · resigned 1996-02-15
Resigned
FELLOWS, Bruce→
director · ~80y · resigned 1998-02-25
Resigned
MARTIN, Francis Arnold→
director · ~80y · appointed 1996-02-15 · resigned 2018-07-20
Resigned
PAGET, Philippa Jean→
director · ~60y · appointed 1998-02-25 · resigned 1999-11-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (103 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
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accounts · AA
2025-11-04
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accounts · AA
2024-12-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-19