CROFT MILL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04647973 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-27

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 2024

Net worth

£4

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

21 officers (4 active, 21 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

103 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 £4

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4

~ YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↓ 5.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£573	£504
Current assets	£7.3k	£7.7k
Net assets	£4	£4

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 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand

2025-09-26
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2024-09-16
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2023-10-04
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2023-10-04
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officers · TM01
2023-09-21
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accounts · AA
2023-09-15
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HEATHCOTE, Matthew James appointed
director
2023-09-15
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BALDWIN, Joseph resigned
director
2022-09-26
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accounts · AA
2021-09-20
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2021-05-25
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officers · TM01
2021-05-25
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officers · AP01
2021-04-29
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ROSS, David appointed
director
2021-04-29
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DAMSON, Jenny resigned
director
2020-11-11
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accounts · AA
2020-02-10
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2020-02-10
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officers · TM01
2019-11-25
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BALDWIN, Joseph appointed
director
2019-11-25
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GREEN, Mark Asa resigned
director
2019-09-03
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accounts · AA
2019-02-08
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2018-10-10
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2018-10-10
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address · AD01
2018-10-09
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2018-10-01
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BARRACLOUGH, Lucy Victoria resigned
director
2018-07-16
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CROFT, Eamonn James appointed
director
2015-01-12
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BROWN, Richard Iain resigned
director
2015-01-12
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DAMSON, Jenny appointed
director
2014-04-01
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WHITELEY, Vicki Ann appointed
director
2014-03-31
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SMYTH, Kate resigned
director
2013-05-01
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BROWN, Richard Iain appointed
director
2013-04-30
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WILSON, Richard Miles resigned
director
2013-01-01
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SMYTH, Kate appointed
director
2013-01-01
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WILSON, Richard Miles appointed
director
2012-12-14
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CLIFFORD, Cheryl Dawn resigned
secretary
2012-12-14
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CLIFFORD, Cheryl Dawn resigned
director
2012-09-30
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LARKIN, John Joseph resigned
director
2007-04-23
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BARRACLOUGH, Lucy Victoria resigned
secretary
2007-04-23
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CLIFFORD, Cheryl Dawn appointed
secretary
2007-03-01
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BARRACLOUGH, Lucy Victoria appointed
director
2006-11-02
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BARRACLOUGH, Lucy Victoria appointed
secretary
2006-11-02
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GREEN, Mark Asa appointed
director
2006-11-02
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LARKIN, John Joseph appointed
director
2006-10-01
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HOOD, Anne resigned
secretary
2006-10-01
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CLIFFORD, Cheryl Dawn appointed
director
2006-10-01
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HAMILTON, John Stephen resigned
director
2004-03-16
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HOOD, Anne resigned
director
2003-02-01
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HOOD, Anne appointed
secretary
2003-02-01
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-02-01
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HAMILTON, John Stephen appointed
director
2003-02-01
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HOOD, Anne appointed
director

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Owner dependency

70/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CROFT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
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
Ms Vicki Ann Whiteley Individual · British · DOB 06/1981 · age 45	—	—	board controlboard control	01/07/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Miss Lucy Victoria Barracloughceased 01/10/2018· significant influence

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

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-01-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Flat 3 Croft Mill 25 Rochdale Road

Greetland

Halifax

HX4 8AH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-10

Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (4 active · 17 resigned)

CROFT, Eamonn James→

director · ~70y · appointed 2018-07-16

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HEATHCOTE, Matthew James→

director · ~34y · appointed 2023-09-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ROSS, David→

director · ~51y · appointed 2021-04-29

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Active

WHITELEY, Vicki Ann→

director · ~45y · appointed 2014-04-01

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Active

BARRACLOUGH, Lucy Victoria→

secretary · appointed 2006-11-02 · resigned 2007-04-23

Resigned

CLIFFORD, Cheryl Dawn→

secretary · appointed 2007-04-23 · resigned 2012-12-14

Resigned

HOOD, Anne→

secretary · appointed 2003-02-01 · resigned 2006-10-01

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-27 · resigned 2003-02-01

Resigned

BALDWIN, Joseph→

director · ~31y · appointed 2019-11-25 · resigned 2023-09-15

Resigned

BARRACLOUGH, Lucy Victoria→

director · ~56y · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2018-10-01

Resigned

BROWN, Richard Iain→

director · ~63y · appointed 2013-05-01 · resigned 2015-01-12

Resigned

CLIFFORD, Cheryl Dawn→

director · ~69y · appointed 2006-10-01 · resigned 2012-12-14

Resigned

DAMSON, Jenny→

director · ~66y · appointed 2015-01-12 · resigned 2021-04-29

Resigned

GREEN, Mark Asa→

director · ~60y · appointed 2006-11-02 · resigned 2019-11-25

Resigned

HAMILTON, John Stephen→

director · ~69y · appointed 2003-02-01 · resigned 2006-10-01

Resigned

HOOD, Anne→

director · ~76y · appointed 2003-02-01 · resigned 2004-03-16

Resigned

LARKIN, John Joseph→

director · ~67y · appointed 2006-11-02 · resigned 2012-09-30

Resigned

SMYTH, Kate→

director · ~47y · appointed 2013-01-01 · resigned 2014-03-31

Resigned

WILSON, Richard Miles→

director · ~60y · appointed 2013-01-01 · resigned 2013-04-30

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-27 · resigned 2003-02-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (103 total)

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2025-09-26

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2025-02-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-09-16

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2024-02-11

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officers · AP01

2023-10-04

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2023-10-04

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accounts · AA

2023-09-21

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2023-02-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-09-26

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2022-02-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-09-20

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officers · TM01

2021-05-25

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officers · AP01

2021-05-25

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-02-09