CROSTON CORN MILL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01792787 · ltd · incorporated 1984-02-17
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.30M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10920
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46210SIC 46210
  • 47760SIC 47760
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). 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, 3 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 (3 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £1,302,284
Net assets shrinking
Down £84,875 YoY
Cash YoY
-15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£610k
↓ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Assets
£900k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£277k£555k£832k£1.1m£1.4mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1.31M£1.40M
Current assets£899.9k£1.00M
Cash£609.6k£721.5k
Debtors£73.9k£79.7k
Net assets£1.30M£1.39M

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2024-12-02
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  3. 2023-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-24
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  5. 2022-01-05
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  6. 2020-12-04
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-02
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-04
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-08-22
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    capital · SH06
  10. 2018-08-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2018-08-22
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    capital · SH03
  12. 2018-08-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-08-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-08-15
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-08-15
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-06-29
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    FOSTER, Christine Margaret resigned
    director
  17. 2018-06-29
    ➖
    FOSTER, Michael resigned
    director
  18. 1999-01-08
    ➖
    FISH, Andrew resigned
    director
  19. 1996-02-01
    ➕
    GREENWOOD, Kathryn appointed
    secretary
  20. 1996-02-01
    ➖
    FISH, Gordon resigned
    secretary
  21. 1996-02-01
    ➖
    FISH, Gordon resigned
    director
  22. 1996-02-01
    ➖
    FISH, Maureen Helena resigned
    director
  23. 1993-12-21
    ➕
    FOSTER, Christine Margaret appointed
    director
  24. 1993-04-06
    ➕
    FOSTER, Michael appointed
    director
  25. 1984-02-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CROSTON CORN MILL LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Stephen Greenwood
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Kathryn Elisbeth Greenwood
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/06/2018

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
Incorporated1984-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10920 — SIC 10920

Registered office

Croston Corn Mill Grape Lane
Croston
Leyland
Lancs
PR26 9HB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

GREENWOOD, Kathryn→
secretary · appointed 1996-02-01
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Active
GREENWOOD, Kathryn→
director · ~68y
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Active
GREENWOOD, Mark Stephen→
director · ~69y
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Active
FISH, Gordon→
secretary · resigned 1996-02-01
Resigned
FISH, Andrew→
director · ~64y · resigned 1999-01-08
Resigned
FISH, Gordon→
director · ~94y · resigned 1996-02-01
Resigned
FISH, Maureen Helena→
director · ~92y · resigned 1996-02-01
Resigned
FOSTER, Christine Margaret→
director · ~66y · appointed 1993-12-21 · resigned 2018-06-29
Resigned
FOSTER, Michael→
director · ~70y · appointed 1993-04-06 · resigned 2018-06-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (107 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
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accounts · AA
2025-11-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-01