CINDERHILL GYM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04589320 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-13
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
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fitness facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees800800

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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  3. 2023-10-18
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  4. 2022-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2021-08-19
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-06
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    address · AD01
  7. 2021-07-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2021-07-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2019-08-13
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  11. 2018-10-10
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  12. 2018-05-31
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2018-05-31
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  14. 2018-05-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-05-29
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    GELDMAN, Cyril resigned
    director
  16. 2017-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-02-28
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    GELDMAN, Peter appointed
    director
  18. 2003-03-27
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    GELDMAN, Audrey Hilda appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-03-27
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    GELDMAN, Audrey Hilda appointed
    director
  20. 2003-03-27
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-03-27
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    GELDMAN, Cyril appointed
    director
  22. 2003-03-27
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
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  23. 2002-11-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CINDERHILL GYM LIMITED
  24. 2002-11-13
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-11-13
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mrs Audrey Hilda Geldman
Individual · British · DOB 12/1935 · age 91
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control31/05/2018
Peter Geldman
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/03/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Cyril Geldmanceased 29/05/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2002-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93130 — Fitness facilities

Registered office

Nuthall Road
Cinderhill
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG8 6AD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GELDMAN, Audrey Hilda→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GELDMAN, Audrey Hilda→
director · ~91y · appointed 2003-03-27
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Active
GELDMAN, Peter→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-02-28
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Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-13 · resigned 2003-03-27
Resigned
GELDMAN, Cyril→
director · ~90y · appointed 2003-03-27 · resigned 2018-05-29
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-13 · resigned 2003-03-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-07-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02