18 CIRCUS (MANAGEMENT) BATH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02794424 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1993-02-26

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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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 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

25 officers (2 active, 25 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

128 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

£1k

↓ 80% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Current assets	£1.1k	£5.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand

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2015-06-23
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HML COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
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2014-12-01
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MCILWRAITH, Philomena Marilyn resigned
director
2014-10-01
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VELLEMAN, Deborah resigned
secretary
2014-10-01
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HML COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2014-07-31
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WILLIAMS, Louise Sharon appointed
director
2014-07-04
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READ, David Leck resigned
director
2012-08-01
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EVANS, Geoffrey Thomas appointed
director
2012-05-01
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VELLEMAN, Deborah appointed
secretary
2012-04-30
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HILLCREST ESTATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-07-07
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DEAN, Robert William resigned
director
2008-06-05
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HARDING, Dudley Leslie resigned
director
2004-04-01
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HILLCREST ESTATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-03-30
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CASTLE ESTATES RELOCATION SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2003-05-14
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LAND, Bernard Alan resigned
secretary
2003-05-14
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CASTLE ESTATES RELOCATION SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-05-09
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HARDING, Dudley Leslie appointed
director
2003-05-09
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READ, David Leck appointed
director
2003-03-11
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JACKSON, Paul Jonathan resigned
director
2002-05-01
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GEORGE PRESS & COMPANY resigned
corporate-secretary
2002-01-01
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LAND, Bernard Alan appointed
secretary
2001-04-01
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MILSTEAD, Dennis Philip resigned
director
2001-02-01
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GEORGE PRESS & COMPANY appointed
corporate-secretary
2000-05-05
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ELLIOT NEWMAN, John Clive resigned
secretary
1999-03-31
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SHEPHERD, Roberta Ann resigned
director
1999-02-06
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MCILWRAITH, Philomena Marilyn appointed
director
1998-12-01
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MILSTEAD, Dennis Philip appointed
director
1998-07-10
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DEAN, Robert William appointed
director
1997-10-20
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CHAN, Lana Suk Han resigned
director
1997-10-20
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CHINCHEN, John Howard resigned
director
1997-06-03
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FINN, Peter Ian resigned
director
1997-05-30
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FITZELLE, Jakomijna resigned
director
1997-05-01
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JACKSON, Paul Jonathan appointed
director
1997-03-01
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SHEPHERD, Roberta Ann appointed
director
1997-02-28
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ARNOULD, Peter John resigned
director
1997-01-03
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EVANS, Janet Charmian Christabel resigned
director
1996-11-05
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ROBSON, Evelyn Jean resigned
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Louise Sharon Williams Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65	—	—	board controlboard control	15/02/2017

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

Incorporated1993-02-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

65 Long Beach Road

Bristol

BS30 9XD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-23

Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (2 active · 23 resigned)

EVANS, Geoffrey Thomas→

director · ~74y · appointed 2012-08-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WILLIAMS, Louise Sharon→

director · ~65y · appointed 2014-07-31

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Active

ARNOULD, Peter John→

secretary · resigned 1995-11-16

Resigned

ELLIOT NEWMAN, John Clive→

secretary · appointed 1995-11-16 · resigned 2000-05-05

Resigned

LAND, Bernard Alan→

secretary · appointed 2002-01-01 · resigned 2003-05-14

Resigned

VELLEMAN, Deborah→

secretary · appointed 2012-05-01 · resigned 2014-10-01

Resigned

CASTLE ESTATES RELOCATION SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-05-14 · resigned 2004-03-30

Resigned

GEORGE PRESS & COMPANY→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-02-01 · resigned 2002-05-01

Resigned

HILLCREST ESTATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2012-04-30

Resigned

HML COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2015-06-23

Resigned

ARNOULD, Peter John→

director · ~93y · resigned 1997-02-28

Resigned

CHAN, Lana Suk Han→

director · ~72y · resigned 1997-10-20

Resigned

CHINCHEN, John Howard→

director · ~88y · resigned 1997-10-20

Resigned

DEAN, Robert William→

director · ~94y · appointed 1998-07-10 · resigned 2008-07-07

Resigned

EVANS, Janet Charmian Christabel→

director · ~75y · resigned 1997-01-03

Resigned

FINN, Peter Ian→

director · ~102y · resigned 1997-06-03

Resigned

FITZELLE, Jakomijna→

director · ~85y · resigned 1997-05-30

Resigned

HARDING, Dudley Leslie→

director · ~81y · appointed 2003-05-09 · resigned 2008-06-05

Resigned

JACKSON, Paul Jonathan→

director · ~75y · appointed 1997-05-01 · resigned 2003-03-11

Resigned

MCILWRAITH, Philomena Marilyn→

director · ~77y · appointed 1999-02-06 · resigned 2014-12-01

Resigned

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