CROGHAN PEAT INDUSTRIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03566113 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-18
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 28.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-229.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 28.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £229,595
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£230k
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Assets
£176k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-30 | 2024-05-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-227.1k | £-223.0k |
| Current assets | £176.5k | £176.1k |
| Net assets | £-229.6k | £-224.9k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-20📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2021-10-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-08-03📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-08-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-08-03📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2021-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2006-08-07🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2006-02-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 1998-06-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1998-05-18🏢Company incorporatedAs CROGHAN PEAT INDUSTRIES LIMITED
- 1998-05-18➕BOND, Richard Louis appointedsecretary
- 1998-05-18➕BOND, Richard Louis appointeddirector
- 1998-05-18➕ROWLAND, Andrew Paul appointeddirector
- 1998-05-18➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-05-18➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Richard Louis Bond Individual · British · DOB 11/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Andrew Paul Rowland Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BONING TRADE LTD→ 15209502 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BUILDING VISION ALGERIA LIMITED→ 12710393 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| C.E.MCKAY LTD→ 06658370 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| CARD LINE (WEST COUNTRY) LIMITED→ 05036687 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
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| CONTROL METRIX LTD→ 15910023 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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| DA-COMPOSITES LTD→ 16824429 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DAILY NEEDS FOODS UK LTD→ 16945662 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
Goodwood House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2PX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
BOND, Richard Louis→
Activesecretary · appointed 1998-05-18
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BOND, Richard Louis→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 1998-05-18
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ROWLAND, Andrew Paul→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 1998-05-18
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-05-18 · resigned 1998-05-18
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 07/08/2006 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 09/02/2006 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 23/06/1998 | — |
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Recent filings (70 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2021-10-20
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-10-20
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-08-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-08-03