CIRCLE RECORDS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03550190 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-22
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-124.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £124,819

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£125k
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£125k-£98k-£72k-£46k-£20k£7kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-124.8k£-123.1k
Current assets£5.5k£6.8k
Net assets£-124.8k£-123.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-21
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    officers · TM02
  10. 2019-03-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-02-21
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    WILD, Olga resigned
    secretary
  12. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  17. 1998-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As CIRCLE RECORDS LIMITED
  18. 1998-04-22
    ➕
    WILD, Peter appointed
    director
  19. 1998-04-22
    ➕
    WILD, Olga appointed
    secretary
  20. 1998-04-22
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1998-04-22
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1998-04-22
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1998-04-22
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Wild
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

3 Colwick Quays Business Park
Colwick
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG4 2JY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

WILD, Peter→
director · ~61y · appointed 1998-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILD, Olga→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-22 · resigned 2019-02-21
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-04-22 · resigned 1998-04-22
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-04-22 · resigned 1998-04-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-31