BESPOKE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04876374 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-26
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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-05-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-10-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-10-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-18📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-10-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2006-04-06➕ANYAN, Julia appointeddirector
- 2003-08-26🏢Company incorporatedAs BESPOKE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- 2003-08-26➕ANYAN, Julia appointedsecretary
- 2003-08-26➕ANYAN, Peter Gordon appointeddirector
- 2003-08-26➕GRAEME, Dorothy May appointednominee-secretary
- 2003-08-26➖GRAEME, Dorothy May resignednominee-secretary
- 2003-08-26➕GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointednominee-director
- 2003-08-26➖GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 70 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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 23 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Julia Anyan Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Peter Gordon Anyanceased 23/05/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Peter Gordon Anyanceased 19/04/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Cedar Heights
Barnes Lane
Wellingore
Lincolnshire
LN5 0JB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
ANYAN, Julia→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2006-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANYAN, Peter Gordon→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2003-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-26 · resigned 2003-08-26
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
Resignednominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2003-08-26 · resigned 2003-08-26
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Recent filings (63 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-10-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-26