A G CRUICKSHANK & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04536355 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-16
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£159.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Roofing activities
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
76 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £159,196
Cash YoY
+25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£200k
↑ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£159k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£201k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£40k£81k£121k£161k£201kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£160.1k£126.3k
Current assets£201.4k£167.5k
Cash£199.6k£160.2k
Debtors£1.7k£6.6k
Net assets£159.2k£125.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-09-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-09-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-09-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-29
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    capital · SH08
  10. 2022-11-29
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  11. 2022-10-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-03-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2021-03-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2021-03-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2021-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2009-02-13
    ➕
    CRUICKSHANK, Anthony Merrick appointed
    director
  21. 2002-09-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A G CRUICKSHANK & SONS LIMITED
  22. 2002-09-16
    ➕
    CRUICKSHANK, Anthony Merrick appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-09-16
    ➕
    CRUICKSHANK, Anthony Garnet appointed
    director
  24. 2002-09-16
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-09-16
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-09-16
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-09-16
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CRUICKSHANK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 83 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Merrick Cruickshank
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence06/04/2016
Mr Anthony Garnet Cruickshank
Individual · British · DOB 10/1943 · age 83
25–50%
—sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-09-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43910 — Roofing activities

Registered office

2 The Old Estate Yard High Street
East Hendred
Wantage
Oxfordshire
OX12 8JY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CRUICKSHANK, Anthony Merrick→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRUICKSHANK, Anthony Merrick→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRUICKSHANK, Anthony Garnet→
director · ~83y · appointed 2002-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-16 · resigned 2002-09-16
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-16 · resigned 2002-09-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-09-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-11-29
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26