194 CROMWELL ROAD LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
03798634 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-30
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
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£690
year to Dec 2024
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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 102
Revenue decline
Turnover down 34% YoY
Turnover YoY
-34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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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
Turnover£690£1.0k
Average employees00

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-04
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    ELSMORE, Nicholas William resigned
    director
  5. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2017-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2017-08-21
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    ROUMIEU-CROSSE, Noel Mitchell resigned
    director
  15. 2017-07-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2016-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-05-08
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    CROSSE, Noel Mitchell Roumieu resigned
    secretary
  19. 2014-05-07
    ➕
    JONES, Mark Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 2010-09-13
    ➕
    WISHART, John David appointed
    director
  21. 2010-09-13
    ➖
    WISHART, David resigned
    director
  22. 2010-08-18
    ➕
    HAFEEZ, Arshad appointed
    director
  23. 2010-08-18
    ➕
    ELSMORE, Nicholas William appointed
    director
  24. 2007-06-18
    ➖
    MODY, Perzon Keki resigned
    director
  25. 2007-04-26
    ➕
    HARRIS, Francis Richard appointed
    director
  26. 2006-03-06
    ➕
    CROSSE, Noel Mitchell Roumieu appointed
    secretary
  27. 2006-03-06
    ➖
    O'KEEFFE, Michael Patrick resigned
    secretary
  28. 1999-08-17
    ➕
    O'KEEFFE, Michael Patrick appointed
    secretary
  29. 1999-08-17
    ➖
    ROUMIEU-CROSSE, Noel Mitchell resigned
    secretary
  30. 1999-08-17
    ➕
    MODY, Perzon Keki appointed
    director
  31. 1999-06-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 194 CROMWELL ROAD LIMITED
  32. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    ROUMIEU-CROSSE, Noel Mitchell appointed
    secretary
  33. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1999-06-30
    ➖
    NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    ROUMIEU-CROSSE, Noel Mitchell appointed
    director
  36. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    WISHART, David appointed
    director
  37. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 1999-06-30
    ➖
    NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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.)
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7 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
Incorporated1999-06-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

7th Floor 3 Shortlands
London
W6 8DA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)

HAFEEZ, Arshad→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRIS, Francis Richard→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Mark Andrew→
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WISHART, John David→
director · ~52y · appointed 2010-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROSSE, Noel Mitchell Roumieu→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-06 · resigned 2014-05-08
Resigned
O'KEEFFE, Michael Patrick→
secretary · appointed 1999-08-17 · resigned 2006-03-06
Resigned
ROUMIEU-CROSSE, Noel Mitchell→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 1999-08-17
Resigned
NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned
ELSMORE, Nicholas William→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-08-18 · resigned 2024-09-04
Resigned
MODY, Perzon Keki→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-08-17 · resigned 2007-06-18
Resigned
ROUMIEU-CROSSE, Noel Mitchell→
director · ~73y · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 2017-08-21
Resigned
WISHART, David→
director · ~83y · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 2010-09-13
Resigned
NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-17