BLACK MOUNTAINS CIRCLE LTD

🌳Matureactive

03433283 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1997-09-12

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£26.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47781

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

33 officers (8 active, 33 linked, 30 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

122 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £26,424

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£49k

Net Worth

£26k

Current Assets

£50k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Total assets	£27.3k
Current assets	£49.7k
Cash	£49.4k
Debtors	£318
Net assets	£26.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (81 events)Click to expand

2026-05-23
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2025-06-14
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2025-05-02
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2025-04-09
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DIXON, George Peter appointed
director
2025-04-09
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GOODGAME, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2025-02-10
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HANNABY, Jeanette resigned
director
2025-02-10
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HANNABY, Paul Ian resigned
director
2025-02-10
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2025-01-31
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LESTER, Frances Dorothy resigned
director
2024-12-31
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GAY, Sandrina resigned
director
2024-10-24
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2024-08-29
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2024-07-31
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2024-07-11
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HARTLEY, Richard Barrie, Dr appointed
director
2024-05-08
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HANNABY, Jeanette appointed
director
2024-05-08
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HANNABY, Paul Ian appointed
director
2024-04-26
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officers · TM02
2024-04-13
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ADAM, Ronald Alastair resigned
secretary
2024-02-15
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2024-02-15
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2024-02-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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2024-02-12
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2024-01-08
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2024-01-01
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FOSTER, Keith appointed
director
2024-01-01
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HASWELL, David appointed
director
2023-12-31
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ROWAN, Elizabeth resigned
director
2023-12-31
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STACEY, Sarah Jane resigned
director
2023-09-25
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2023-09-25
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2023-09-12
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ROWAN, Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-09-27
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accounts · AA
2022-06-23
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HARTLEY, Judith Boyt resigned
director
2021-12-31
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BOSWELL, Jane resigned
director
2021-12-31
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JAMES, Wendy resigned
director
2019-12-31
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BOSWELL, Jane appointed
director
2019-12-31
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FOSTER, Keith resigned
director
2019-12-31
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JAMES, Wendy appointed
director
2019-04-12
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HASWELL, David resigned
director
2018-01-12
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BLAIR, Elizabeth Jane appointed
director
2017-08-31
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GAY, Sandrina appointed
director
2015-01-06
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TURNBULL, Penelope Elizabeth appointed
director
2014-12-31
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LOVELL, Louise Margaret resigned
director
2011-01-01
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STACEY, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2010-12-31
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GIBBONS, Jacqueline resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1997-09-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47781 — SIC 47781

Registered office

20 Frogmore Street

Abergavenny

NP7 5AH

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-26

Last: 2025-09-12