CULLENCROFT LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
01075877 · ltd · incorporated 1972-10-10
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
—
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.7y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 32.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
105 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £280.0k |
| Current assets | — | £169.2k |
| Cash | — | £70.3k |
| Debtors | — | £98.9k |
| Net assets | — | £271.1k |
| Average employees | 2 | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-02📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-07-02🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2026-04-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-10-02📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-10-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Richard Barker
- 2025-09-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-09-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-09-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-09-26➖LONG, Chris resignedsecretary
- 2025-09-26➖LONG, Ian Edward Caswell resigneddirector
- 2024-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-20➕BARKER, Jennifer Kitty appointeddirector
- 2020-05-20➕LONG, Chris appointedsecretary
- 2020-05-20➖LONG, Jane Maree resignedsecretary
- 2020-05-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-05-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-05-20📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-05-20📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2020-05-15➖HANNA, Sarah Bernadette resigneddirector
- 2009-11-30➕HANNA, Sarah Bernadette appointeddirector
- 2009-11-30➖TREBY, Ronald Samuel resigneddirector
- 1998-11-24➕TREBY, Ronald Samuel appointeddirector
- 1998-11-24➖WHITING, Peter Edward resigneddirector
- 1993-11-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1972-10-10🏢Company incorporatedAs CULLENCROFT LIMITED
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 med ·2 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: LONG, Chris resigned 2025-09-26; LONG, Ian Edward Caswell resigned 2025-09-26
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Jennifer Kitty Barker Individual · British · DOB 09/1974 · age 52 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 26/09/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Ian Edward Caswell Longceased 26/09/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Sg Hambros Limitedceased 10/11/2022· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1972-10-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
North Lingy Moor Farm
Moulton
Richmond
DL10 6QN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30
Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)
BARKER, Jennifer Kitty→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2020-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LONG, Chris→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2020-05-20 · resigned 2025-09-26
LONG, Jane Maree→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2020-05-20
HANNA, Sarah Bernadette→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2009-11-30 · resigned 2020-05-15
LONG, Ian Edward Caswell→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · resigned 2025-09-26
TREBY, Ronald Samuel→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 1998-11-24 · resigned 2009-11-30
WHITING, Peter Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · resigned 1998-11-24
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Richard Barker / Jennifer Barker / Trusteeco (UK) Richard Barker / Jennifer Barker / Trusteeco (UK) LTD | A registered charge | 2 properties | 01/10/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 26/11/1993 | 02/07/2026 |
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Recent filings (105 total)
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-07-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-10-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-09