CRICHTON DRAINAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05076448 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-17
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£9
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 37000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £9

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£9
~ YoY
Current Assets
£968
↓ 90% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£9£9
Current assets£968£9.6k
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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-03-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-03-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-04-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-02-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2025-02-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-02-11
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-02-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-02-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2025-02-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2025-02-05
    ➕
    PARKE, Jodi Ann appointed
    director
  13. 2025-02-05
    ➕
    ROBSON, William appointed
    director
  14. 2025-02-05
    ➖
    CRICHTON, Eleanor resigned
    secretary
  15. 2025-02-05
    ➖
    CRICHTON, Alexander James resigned
    director
  16. 2025-02-05
    ➖
    CRICHTON, Eleanor resigned
    director
  17. 2025-02-05
    ➖
    CRICHTON, Robert Bruce resigned
    director
  18. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2023-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2022-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2022-04-01
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  22. 2021-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  23. 2020-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  24. 2020-04-06
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  25. 2004-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As CRICHTON DRAINAGE LIMITED
  26. 2004-03-17
    ➕
    CRICHTON, Eleanor appointed
    secretary
  27. 2004-03-17
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2004-03-17
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2004-03-17
    ➕
    CRICHTON, Alexander James appointed
    director
  30. 2004-03-17
    ➕
    CRICHTON, Eleanor appointed
    director
  31. 2004-03-17
    ➕
    CRICHTON, Robert Bruce appointed
    director
  32. 2004-03-17
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2004-03-17
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 2004-03-17
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2004-03-17
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 2004-03-17
    ➕
    YORK PLACE SECOND NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  37. 2004-03-17
    ➖
    YORK PLACE SECOND NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC37000 — SIC 37000

Registered office

Old Farm
Rottington
Whitehaven
Cumbria
CA28 9UR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

PARKE, Jodi Ann→
director · ~47y · appointed 2025-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBSON, William→
director · ~69y · appointed 2025-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRICHTON, Eleanor→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-17 · resigned 2025-02-05
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-17 · resigned 2004-03-17
Resigned
CRICHTON, Alexander James→
director · ~54y · appointed 2004-03-17 · resigned 2025-02-05
Resigned
CRICHTON, Eleanor→
director · ~79y · appointed 2004-03-17 · resigned 2025-02-05
Resigned
CRICHTON, Robert Bruce→
director · ~57y · appointed 2004-03-17 · resigned 2025-02-05
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-03-17 · resigned 2004-03-17
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-03-17 · resigned 2004-03-17
Resigned
YORK PLACE SECOND NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-03-17 · resigned 2004-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-02-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10