BARS & PUBS MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06664189 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-05
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
51 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-11-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-11-14
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    ELLIMAN, Colin Robert resigned
    director
  5. 2025-05-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-05-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-04-25
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-25
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2018-06-06
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2015-05-18
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    BROOK, Stephen Lewis resigned
    director
  18. 2015-05-18
    ➕
    ELLIMAN, Colin Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2010-02-01
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    TOBIN, Paul appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-11-20
    ➕
    WIGHAM, Richard Paul Martin appointed
    director
  21. 2008-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BARS & PUBS MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  22. 2008-08-05
    ➕
    BROOK, Stephen Lewis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Paul Martin Wigham
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Colin Robert Ellimanceased 14/11/2025· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-08-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

37 High Street
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 3AF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-20
Last: 2026-05-06

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

TOBIN, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WIGHAM, Richard Paul Martin→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOK, Stephen Lewis→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-08-05 · resigned 2015-05-18
Resigned
ELLIMAN, Colin Robert→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-05-18 · resigned 2025-11-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09