CRAFTON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03761201 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-28
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
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
80 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-26
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-08-12
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-08-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-03
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  14. 2018-08-07
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    address · AD01
  15. 2017-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-07
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    PRATT, Anthony Graham resigned
    director
  17. 2002-11-19
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    HUMPHREY, Yvonne Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-11-19
    ➖
    MOSELEY, Clare resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-11-14
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    PRATT, Anthony Graham appointed
    director
  20. 2001-05-16
    ➕
    MOSELEY, Clare appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-05-15
    ➖
    MILLS, Gary Mark resigned
    secretary
  22. 1999-05-11
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    HUMPHREY, Yvonne Mary appointed
    director
  23. 1999-05-11
    ➕
    MILLS, Gary Mark appointed
    secretary
  24. 1999-05-11
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-05-11
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1999-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As CRAFTON LIMITED
  27. 1999-04-28
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1999-04-28
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    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 72 — 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 72 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 Yvonne Mary Humphrey
Individual · English · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/05/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

Ground Floor 3 Wellbrook Court
Girton
Cambridge
CB3 0NA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

HUMPHREY, Yvonne Mary→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUMPHREY, Yvonne Mary→
director · ~72y · appointed 1999-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLS, Gary Mark→
secretary · appointed 1999-05-11 · resigned 2001-05-15
Resigned
MOSELEY, Clare→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-16 · resigned 2002-11-19
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-04-28 · resigned 1999-05-11
Resigned
PRATT, Anthony Graham→
director · ~91y · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2016-06-07
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-04-28 · resigned 1999-05-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-12