CROICK CALEDONIAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04787832 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-04
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.34M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of unit trusts
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 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 £1,337,457
Cash YoY
+1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£188k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£204k
↑ 1.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£267k£535k£802k£1.1m£1.3mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£1.34M£1.33M
Current assets£203.9k£200.8k
Cash£188.5k£186.1k
Debtors£15.5k£14.7k
Net assets£1.34M£1.33M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
6
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-07-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-07-06
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    address · AD01
  4. 2026-07-06
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-07-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2026-07-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-11-11
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-01-06
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-28
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  12. 2020-12-18
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  13. 2020-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-08-01
    ➖
    THOMPSON, Clare resigned
    director
  17. 2005-08-17
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Peter Barwick appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-08-17
    ➖
    DAPEM SECRETARIAL (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2003-06-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CROICK CALEDONIAN LIMITED
  20. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    BEECK, Elizabeth Rosanne appointed
    director
  21. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Peter Barwick appointed
    director
  22. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-06-04
    ➖
    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    DAPEM SECRETARIAL (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Clare appointed
    director
  26. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-06-04
    ➖
    ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Barwick Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64302 — Activities of unit trusts

Registered office

4 Northcliffe Road
Ashbourne
Derbyshire
DE6 1FE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-08
Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

THOMPSON, Peter Barwick→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEECK, Elizabeth Rosanne→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Peter Barwick→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2003-06-04
Resigned
DAPEM SECRETARIAL (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2005-08-17
Resigned
THOMPSON, Clare→
director · ~96y · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2015-08-01
Resigned
ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2003-06-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-07-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-07-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-04