CYCLAIRE LTD

🌳Matureactive
03663739 · ltd · incorporated 1998-11-06
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£278.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.0y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £278,430
Cash YoY
-1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£113k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£278k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£376k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£75k£150k£225k£301k£376kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£285.3k£264.6k
Current assets£375.8k£310.3k
Cash£113.1k£113.8k
Net assets£278.4k£247.4k

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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-06
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  2. 2024-12-11
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  3. 2023-11-22
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  4. 2022-11-15
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  5. 2021-12-15
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  6. 2020-10-26
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  7. 2020-01-09
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  8. 2018-12-19
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  9. 2018-12-19
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  10. 2018-11-16
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  11. 2017-12-06
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  12. 2016-12-08
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  13. 2015-12-21
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  14. 2015-11-26
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  15. 2015-10-02
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  16. 2008-08-05
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2008-07-31
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    PECK, Julian Claude resigned
    secretary
  18. 2008-07-31
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    PECK, Julian Claude resigned
    director
  19. 2008-07-30
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    POWELL, Jonathan Trevor appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-07-30
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    BOULTON, David appointed
    director
  21. 2008-07-30
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    POWELL, Jonathan Trevor appointed
    director
  22. 2008-04-15
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    MACKINLAY, Robert Edward resigned
    director
  23. 2007-10-23
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    PECK, Julian Claude appointed
    secretary
  24. 2007-10-23
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    TIERNEY, Henry Gerald resigned
    secretary
  25. 2007-10-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 2007-10-18
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    MACKINLAY, Robert Edward appointed
    director
  27. 2007-08-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Liz Smallwood, Nigel Geffen, Jane Campbell, Kathy Davis, Julian Peck, Terry Geffen, Anthea Peckroger Geffen and Alex Cargill Thompson
  28. 2006-07-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Julian Peck
  29. 2004-11-30
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    WILSON, David Kenneth resigned
    director
  30. 2000-09-28
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    WILSON, David Kenneth appointed
    director
  31. 1998-11-06
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    Company incorporated
    As CYCLAIRE LTD
  32. 1998-11-06
    ➕
    TIERNEY, Henry Gerald appointed
    secretary
  33. 1998-11-06
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1998-11-06
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1998-11-06
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    PECK, Julian Claude appointed
    director

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Trevor Powell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/09/2016
Mr David Boulton
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/09/2016

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
Incorporated1998-11-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46499 — Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.

Registered office

Claxton House
Claxton
York
YO60 7SD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

POWELL, Jonathan Trevor→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-30
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Active
BOULTON, David→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-07-30
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Active
POWELL, Jonathan Trevor→
director · ~54y · appointed 2008-07-30
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Active
PECK, Julian Claude→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-23 · resigned 2008-07-31
Resigned
TIERNEY, Henry Gerald→
secretary · appointed 1998-11-06 · resigned 2007-10-23
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-11-06 · resigned 1998-11-06
Resigned
MACKINLAY, Robert Edward→
director · ~55y · appointed 2007-10-18 · resigned 2008-04-15
Resigned
PECK, Julian Claude→
director · ~60y · appointed 1998-11-06 · resigned 2008-07-31
Resigned
WILSON, David Kenneth→
director · ~71y · appointed 2000-09-28 · resigned 2004-11-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
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Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Liz Smallwood, Nigel Geffen, Jane Campbell, Kathy Davis, Julian Peck, Terry Geffen, Anthea Peckroger Geffen and Alex Cargill Thompson
Debenture1 property31/08/200705/08/2008
satisfied
Julian Peck
Debenture1 property24/07/200619/10/2007

Recent filings (95 total)

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2025-12-06
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2025-10-02
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2024-12-11
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2024-10-11
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2023-11-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
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2022-11-15
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2022-09-30
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2021-12-15
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2021-09-30
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2020-10-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30
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accounts · AA
2020-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-12-19