15 THE CRESCENT (SCARBOROUGH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04333034 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-03

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£9

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (7 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

94 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

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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

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £9

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£9

~ YoY

Current Assets

£9

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-02	2024-12-02
Total assets	£9	£9
Current assets	£9	£9
Net assets	£9	£9

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-15
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-10-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-23
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gazette · DISS40
2024-10-22
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-04
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HARRIS, Paul appointed
director
2024-06-01
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RIVIS, Amanda Jane, Dr appointed
director
2024-06-01
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SESSIONS, John Murray appointed
director
2024-06-01
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SHEPHERD, Margaret appointed
director
2023-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-14
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-09-14
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-14
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-10-29
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HARRIS, Paul resigned
director
2018-10-26
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GAMMONS, Paul resigned
director
2016-05-22
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MORE, Edith Ann resigned
director
2012-06-07
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MAYNARD, Herbert resigned
director
2012-06-07
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MC KENNA, Ian resigned
director
2007-01-12
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HARRIS, Paul appointed
director
2006-10-20
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HOWSON, Christine resigned
director
2006-01-01
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HOLBROOK, Malcolm Peter appointed
secretary
2006-01-01
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MC KENNA, Ian resigned
secretary
2003-12-21
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ALDERSON, Glenda resigned
director
2003-12-18
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GAMMONS, Paul appointed
director
2002-02-19
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HOLBROOK, Malcolm Peter appointed
director
2002-02-19
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ALDERSON, Glenda appointed
director
2002-02-19
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HOWSON, Christine appointed
director
2002-02-19
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MAYNARD, Herbert appointed
director
2002-02-19
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MC KENNA, Ian appointed
director
2002-02-19
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MORE, Edith Ann appointed
director
2001-12-03
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Company incorporated
As 15 THE CRESCENT (SCARBOROUGH) LIMITED
2001-12-03
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MORE, Michael John appointed
director
2001-12-03
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MC KENNA, Ian appointed
secretary
2001-12-03
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C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-12-03
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C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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 Malcolm Peter Holbrook Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	08/11/2018

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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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

Incorporated2001-12-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

15 The Crescent

Scarborough

North Yorkshire

YO11 2PW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-02

Last made up to: 2025-12-02

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-16

Last: 2025-08-02