CYCLOPS BEER LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07191967 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-16
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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: medium (79/100)

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
45 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-05
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  2. 2024-09-09
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  3. 2023-06-13
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  4. 2022-06-27
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  5. 2021-12-14
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  6. 2021-03-25
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  7. 2019-12-20
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  8. 2018-12-07
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  9. 2018-01-02
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  10. 2018-01-02
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  11. 2018-01-02
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  12. 2017-12-19
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  16. 2017-12-19
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  17. 2017-07-17
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    NUNNY, Paul Ian appointed
    secretary
  18. 2017-07-17
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    PATTON, Francis resigned
    secretary
  19. 2017-07-17
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    BREMMER, David resigned
    director
  20. 2017-07-17
    ➖
    GOULD, Stephen resigned
    director
  21. 2017-07-17
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    CAMRA LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2017-07-16
    ➖
    PATTON, Francis Andrew resigned
    director
  23. 2017-07-15
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    JEROME, Anthony Robert resigned
    director
  24. 2015-08-06
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    JEROME, Anthony Robert appointed
    director
  25. 2015-08-06
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    STAFFORD, Nicholas Rowland resigned
    director
  26. 2010-03-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CYCLOPS BEER LIMITED
  27. 2010-03-16
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    NUNNY, Paul Ian appointed
    director
  28. 2010-03-16
    ➕
    PATTON, Francis appointed
    secretary
  29. 2010-03-16
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    BREMMER, David appointed
    director
  30. 2010-03-16
    ➕
    GOULD, Stephen appointed
    director
  31. 2010-03-16
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    PATTON, Francis Andrew appointed
    director
  32. 2010-03-16
    ➕
    STAFFORD, Nicholas Rowland appointed
    director
  33. 2010-03-16
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    CAMRA LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Paul Ian Nunny
Individual · British · DOB 02/1949 · age 77
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/03/2017

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
Incorporated2010-03-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations

Registered office

B10 The Seedbed Centre, Wyncolls Road
Severalls Industrial Park
Colchester
Essex
CO4 9HT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

NUNNY, Paul Ian→
secretary · appointed 2017-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NUNNY, Paul Ian→
director · ~77y · appointed 2010-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATTON, Francis→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-16 · resigned 2017-07-17
Resigned
BREMMER, David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-03-16 · resigned 2017-07-17
Resigned
GOULD, Stephen→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-03-16 · resigned 2017-07-17
Resigned
JEROME, Anthony Robert→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-08-06 · resigned 2017-07-15
Resigned
PATTON, Francis Andrew→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-03-16 · resigned 2017-07-16
Resigned
STAFFORD, Nicholas Rowland→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-03-16 · resigned 2015-08-06
Resigned
CAMRA LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2010-03-16 · resigned 2017-07-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
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2025-09-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
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accounts · AA
2024-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-28