BATHROOM PEOPLE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC285309 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47599Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees600600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-27
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  4. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-21
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2019-08-20
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    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2019-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-25
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-08
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    accounts · AA01
  14. 2016-06-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-06-13
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-06-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2009-02-28
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    GILMOUR, John resigned
    director
  18. 2007-04-26
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    BURNS, Annette appointed
    director
  19. 2005-05-25
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    Company incorporated
    As BATHROOM PEOPLE LIMITED
  20. 2005-05-25
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    GILMOUR, Mark appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-05-25
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    GILMOUR, Mark appointed
    director
  22. 2005-05-25
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    GILMOUR, John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 Mark Gilmour
Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-05-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46499 — Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.

Registered office

Allanshaw Industrial Estate Wellhall Road
Peacock Cross
Hamilton
ML3 9BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

GILMOUR, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-25
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Active
BURNS, Annette→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-04-26
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Active
GILMOUR, Mark→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILMOUR, John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-05-25 · resigned 2009-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2019-08-21
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2019-08-20