CRESCENT GUARDIANS LTD

🌳Matureactive

03407004 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1997-07-22

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). 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, 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

18 officers (9 active, 18 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-23
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BELL, Graham resigned
secretary
2026-04-23
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-23
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-14
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SCOTT, David Frederick resigned
director
2025-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-11
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HARTSHORNE, Margaret Patricia, Mrs. resigned
director
2023-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-01
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BELL, Jean Gladys, Mrs. resigned
director
2021-06-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-09
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-06-08
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BELL, Graham appointed
secretary
2021-06-08
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SCOTT, David Frederick resigned
secretary
2021-06-08
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-06-08
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-06-08
📄
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-08-25
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BOWRON, Nicola appointed
director
2012-07-17
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COOPER, Jacqueline resigned
secretary
2012-07-17
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SCOTT, David Frederick appointed
secretary
2008-07-22
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BELL, Graham appointed
director
2008-07-22
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COOPER, Jacqueline, Mrs. appointed
director
2008-07-22
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FRIEBEL, Fiona Jane appointed
director
2008-07-22
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FRIEBEL, Nicolaas, Mr. appointed
director
2008-07-22
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QUICK, Ursula Emma, Mrs. appointed
director
2008-07-22
➕
BELL, Jean Gladys, Mrs. appointed
director
2008-07-22
➖
BOWRON, John resigned
director
2008-07-22
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HARTSHORNE, Margaret Patricia, Mrs. appointed
director
2008-07-22
➕
SCOTT, David Frederick appointed
director
2007-07-22
➕
QUICK, Jeffrey Rodger appointed
director
2006-08-10
➖
CONSTANTINE, Peter resigned
director
1997-07-22
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Company incorporated
As CRESCENT GUARDIANS LTD
1997-07-22
➕
COOPER, Peter John Anthony appointed
director
1997-07-22
➕
HARTSHORNE, Neill appointed
director
1997-07-22
➕
COOPER, Jacqueline appointed
secretary
1997-07-22
➕
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-07-22
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-07-22
➕
BOWRON, John appointed
director
1997-07-22
➕
CONSTANTINE, Peter appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Neill Hartshorne Individual · British · DOB 12/1942 · age 84	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest	23/04/2026

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Graham Bellceased 23/04/2026· significant influence
Mr David Frederick Scottceased 08/06/2021· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1997-07-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

12,The Crescent The Crescent

Middleton St. George

Darlington

DL2 1HL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-05

Last: 2025-07-22