CARRON INVESTMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03715375 · ltd · incorporated 1999-02-18
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
£318.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (78/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
73 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £318,897
Net assets shrinking
Down £894 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£319k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£301k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£64k£128k£192k£256k£320kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£320.3k£321.2k
Current assets£301.3k£302.2k
Net assets£318.9k£319.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-03-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-10-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-06-01
    ➖
    OPRESHKO, Ron resigned
    director
  13. 2019-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 1999-03-03
    ➕
    COLEMAN, Carla Michele Ruth appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-03-03
    ➕
    COLEMAN, Carla Michele Ruth appointed
    director
  19. 1999-03-03
    ➕
    OPRESHKO, Ron appointed
    director
  20. 1999-02-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CARRON INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  21. 1999-02-18
    ➕
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-02-18
    ➖
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-02-18
    ➕
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1999-02-18
    ➖
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Carla Michele Ruth Coleman
Individual · British · DOB 12/1950 · age 76
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-02-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

16 South End
Croydon
CR0 1DN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

COLEMAN, Carla Michele Ruth→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLEMAN, Carla Michele Ruth→
director · ~76y · appointed 1999-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-02-18 · resigned 1999-02-18
Resigned
OPRESHKO, Ron→
director · ~67y · appointed 1999-03-03 · resigned 2020-06-01
Resigned
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-02-18 · resigned 1999-02-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-15