CIRCLE TRUCK & PLANT MAINTENANCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09456830 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-24

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

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£189.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

24 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £189,044

Cash YoY

+133%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£95k

↑ 133% YoY

Net Worth

£189k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£282k

↑ 9.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£194.0k	£178.4k
Current assets	£282.5k	£258.1k
Cash	£95.0k	£40.8k
Debtors	£140.0k	£167.9k
Net assets	£189.0k	£168.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-03-10
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2025-05-14
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2024-06-05
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2022-04-06
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2021-05-24
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2020-02-11
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2019-01-28
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2018-06-29
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2017-01-20
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2016-03-03
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2015-04-22
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2015-02-24
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Company incorporated
As CIRCLE TRUCK & PLANT MAINTENANCE LIMITED
2015-02-24
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DIX, Gary John appointed
secretary
2015-02-24
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DIX, Gary John appointed
director
2015-02-24
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DIX, Lewis Alan appointed
director
2015-02-24
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DIX, Robert Nicholas appointed
director
2015-02-24
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GRAHAM, Daniel Christopher appointed
director
2015-02-24
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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Daniel Christopher Graham Individual · British · DOB 03/1986 · age 40	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	24/02/2017

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

Incorporated2015-02-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Maxwells Chartered Accountants

4 King Square

Bridgwater

Somerset

TA6 3YF

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-10

Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

DIX, Gary John→

secretary · appointed 2015-02-24

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DIX, Gary John→

director · ~54y · appointed 2015-02-24

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DIX, Lewis Alan→

director · ~56y · appointed 2015-02-24

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DIX, Robert Nicholas→

director · ~80y · appointed 2015-02-24

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GRAHAM, Daniel Christopher→

director · ~40y · appointed 2015-02-24

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