CAROUSEL RIDES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07066008 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-04
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£579.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of amusement parks and theme parks
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
40 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £579,333
Cash YoY
+16%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£354k
↑ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£579k
↑ 8.4% YoY
Current Assets
£470k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£116k£232k£348k£463k£579kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£594.8k£559.7k
Current assets£469.6k£420.4k
Cash£353.5k£304.4k
Debtors£116.0k£116.0k
Net assets£579.3k£534.7k

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

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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  2. 2024-04-03
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  3. 2023-10-30
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  4. 2022-10-28
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  5. 2021-10-26
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  6. 2020-10-16
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  8. 2018-09-28
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  10. 2016-07-06
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  11. 2015-11-11
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  12. 2015-07-22
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  13. 2015-04-17
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  16. 2011-10-01
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    BISHTON, Brandon Lee resigned
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  17. 2009-11-04
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    Company incorporated
    As CAROUSEL RIDES LIMITED
  18. 2009-11-04
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    BISHTON, Lawrence Henry appointed
    director
  19. 2009-11-04
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    GRAHAM, Brett Edward John appointed
    director
  20. 2009-11-04
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    BISHTON, Brandon Lee appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Lawrence Henry Bishton
Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74
25–50%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-11-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93210 — Activities of amusement parks and theme parks

Registered office

21a Guildhall Drive
Station Road Selston
Nottingham
NG16 6GJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BISHTON, Lawrence Henry→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-11-04
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Active
GRAHAM, Brett Edward John→
director · ~49y · appointed 2009-11-04
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Active
BISHTON, Brandon Lee→
director · ~46y · appointed 2009-11-04 · resigned 2011-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

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2025-11-04
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2025-08-28
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2024-11-12
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2024-04-03
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2023-11-27
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2023-10-30
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2022-11-08
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2022-10-28
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2021-11-19
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2021-10-26
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2020-11-09
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2020-10-16
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2019-11-13
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accounts · AA
2019-10-02
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2018-11-06