10-14 CRAVEN ROAD NEWBURY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02035597 · ltd · incorporated 1986-07-09
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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
17 officers (1 active, 17 linked, 10 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
138 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
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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

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-12-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-08-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-08-29
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  7. 2024-08-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-29
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  12. 2020-07-29
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  13. 2020-07-28
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    withdrawal-of-the-directors-register-information-from-the-public-register
    officers · EW01
  14. 2020-07-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-07-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-07-28
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    elect-to-keep-the-directors-register-information-on-the-public-register
    officers · EH01
  17. 2020-07-28
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    elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
    officers · EH02
  18. 2018-08-01
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    LANE, Caroline Sarah resigned
    secretary
  19. 2018-08-01
    ➖
    LANE, Caroline Sarah resigned
    director
  20. 2006-07-25
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    CHESTER, Megan resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-07-25
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    LANE, Caroline Sarah appointed
    director
  22. 2006-04-26
    ➕
    LANE, Caroline Sarah appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-08-17
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    LANE, Alan appointed
    director
  24. 2004-08-17
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    CHESTER, Megan appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-08-17
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    TILLEN, Janet resigned
    secretary
  26. 2004-04-01
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    COPE, Anita Ann resigned
    director
  27. 2002-03-15
    ➖
    PAINTER, Rebecca Susan resigned
    secretary
  28. 2002-03-15
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    TILLEN, Janet appointed
    secretary
  29. 2001-07-31
    ➖
    MORRELL, Robert John resigned
    director
  30. 2000-11-01
    ➖
    TILLEN, Janet resigned
    director
  31. 2000-09-01
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    TAYLOR, Jacqueline Anne resigned
    director
  32. 2000-03-31
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    DEACON, Tony resigned
    director
  33. 1997-11-25
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    PAINTER, Rebecca Susan appointed
    secretary
  34. 1997-11-25
    ➕
    TILLEN, Janet appointed
    director
  35. 1997-11-13
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    DICKIE, Lindsey Anne resigned
    secretary
  36. 1997-07-01
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    DEACON, Tony appointed
    director
  37. 1992-02-12
    ➕
    DICKIE, Lindsey Anne appointed
    secretary
  38. 1992-02-12
    ➕
    MORRELL, Robert John appointed
    director
  39. 1992-01-29
    ➖
    INWOOD, David Nicholas resigned
    secretary
  40. 1992-01-29
    ➖
    INWOOD, David Nicholas resigned
    director
  41. 1991-10-08
    ➕
    INWOOD, David Nicholas appointed
    secretary
  42. 1991-10-08
    ➕
    COPE, Anita Ann appointed
    director
  43. 1991-10-08
    ➕
    INWOOD, David Nicholas appointed
    director
  44. 1991-10-08
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Jacqueline Anne appointed
    director
  45. 1991-10-07
    ➖
    DARVALL, Kenneth Alan resigned
    secretary
  46. 1991-10-07
    ➖
    ALEXANDER, Anthony Alan resigned
    director
  47. 1991-10-07
    ➖
    DARVALL, Kenneth Alan resigned
    director
  48. 1986-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As 10-14 CRAVEN ROAD NEWBURY LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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 Alan Lane
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/01/2024

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
Incorporated1986-07-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

2 Chapel Cottages
Ashmansworth
Newbury
RG20 9SL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-01
Last: 2025-08-18

Officers (1 active · 16 resigned)

LANE, Alan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHESTER, Megan→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-17 · resigned 2006-07-25
Resigned
DARVALL, Kenneth Alan→
secretary · resigned 1991-10-07
Resigned
DICKIE, Lindsey Anne→
secretary · appointed 1992-02-12 · resigned 1997-11-13
Resigned
INWOOD, David Nicholas→
secretary · appointed 1991-10-08 · resigned 1992-01-29
Resigned
LANE, Caroline Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-26 · resigned 2018-08-01
Resigned
PAINTER, Rebecca Susan→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-25 · resigned 2002-03-15
Resigned
TILLEN, Janet→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-15 · resigned 2004-08-17
Resigned
ALEXANDER, Anthony Alan→
director · ~91y · resigned 1991-10-07
Resigned
COPE, Anita Ann→
director · ~70y · appointed 1991-10-08 · resigned 2004-04-01
Resigned
DARVALL, Kenneth Alan→
director · ~92y · resigned 1991-10-07
Resigned
DEACON, Tony→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-07-01 · resigned 2000-03-31
Resigned
INWOOD, David Nicholas→
director · ~59y · appointed 1991-10-08 · resigned 1992-01-29
Resigned
LANE, Caroline Sarah→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-07-25 · resigned 2018-08-01
Resigned
MORRELL, Robert John→
director · ~62y · appointed 1992-02-12 · resigned 2001-07-31
Resigned
TAYLOR, Jacqueline Anne→
director · ~59y · appointed 1991-10-08 · resigned 2000-09-01
Resigned
TILLEN, Janet→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-11-25 · resigned 2000-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (138 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12