20 THE CIRCUS BATH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02648119 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1991-09-24
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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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£41.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £41,358

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£41k
Current Assets
£43k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£43.2k
Current assets£43.2k
Net assets£41.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2022-12-13
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-16
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2021-12-14
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-04-21
    ➕
    LEGGE, Jonathan Paul Thomson appointed
    secretary
  17. 2004-04-21
    ➕
    COOK, Ben appointed
    director
  18. 2004-04-21
    ➖
    DORAN, Judy Margaret resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-04-21
    ➖
    DORAN, John resigned
    director
  20. 1998-06-01
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Graham Derek appointed
    director
  21. 1998-06-01
    ➖
    CATCHESIDE, John resigned
    director
  22. 1991-09-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 20 THE CIRCUS BATH LIMITED

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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Laura Bayntun-Coward
Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mr Graham Derek Edwards
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
—25–50%25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mr Ben Cook
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
—25–50%25-50% voting01/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1991-09-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

20 The Circus
Bath
BA1 2EU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-11
Last: 2025-09-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LEGGE, Jonathan Paul Thomson→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-21
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Active
COOK, Ben→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-04-21
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Active
EDWARDS, Graham Derek→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DORAN, Judy Margaret→
secretary · resigned 2004-04-21
Resigned
CATCHESIDE, John→
director · ~91y · resigned 1998-06-01
Resigned
DORAN, John→
director · ~85y · resigned 2004-04-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (97 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-12-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-12-14