55 CROMFORD ROAD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05069614 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-10
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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, 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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-06📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-03📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2016-02-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2016-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2012-12-14➕HOLDEN, Ian David appointedsecretary
- 2012-12-14➕HOLDEN, Ian David appointeddirector
- 2012-12-14➖HALL, John Richard Malcolm resignedsecretary
- 2012-12-14➖HALL, John Richard Malcolm resigneddirector
- 2007-06-29➖FRAZER, Alexander Thomas Walter resignedsecretary
- 2007-06-29➕HALL, John Richard Malcolm appointedsecretary
- 2007-06-29➖FRAZER, Alexander Thomas Walter resigneddirector
- 2007-06-29➕HALL, John Richard Malcolm appointeddirector
- 2004-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs 55 CROMFORD ROAD LIMITED
- 2004-03-10➕ELSEY, Sally Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2004-03-10➕FRAZER, Alexander Thomas Walter appointedsecretary
- 2004-03-10➕FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-03-10➖FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-03-10➕FRAZER, Alexander Thomas Walter appointeddirector
- 2004-03-10➕FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2004-03-10➖FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Ian David Holden Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Sally Elizabeth Elsey Individual · British · DOB 07/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
55 Cromford Road
London
SW18 1PA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)
Active
ELSEY, Sally Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2004-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOLDEN, Ian David→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2012-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FRAZER, Alexander Thomas Walter→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-03-10 · resigned 2007-06-29
HALL, John Richard Malcolm→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-06-29 · resigned 2012-12-14
FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-10 · resigned 2004-03-10
FRAZER, Alexander Thomas Walter→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2004-03-10 · resigned 2007-06-29
HALL, John Richard Malcolm→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · appointed 2007-06-29 · resigned 2012-12-14
FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-03-10 · resigned 2004-03-10
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Recent filings (61 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-04