ALEX CROW LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05270605 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-27

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£43

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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 £43

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£43

↑ 387% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↓ 37% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£43	£-15
Current assets	£5.7k	£9.0k
Net assets	£43	£-15

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-07-24
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2024-07-22
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2023-07-19
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accounts · AA
2022-07-22
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accounts · AA
2021-07-26
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accounts · AA
2020-07-28
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accounts · AA
2019-07-26
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accounts · AA
2019-07-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-07-30
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accounts · AA
2017-07-28
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accounts · AA
2016-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-16
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-02-01
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annual-return · AR01
2015-02-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2005-09-28
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OLDING, Daphne Anne appointed
secretary
2005-09-28
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OLDING, Anne Lesley resigned
secretary
2004-11-29
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OLDING, Gary Andrew appointed
director
2004-11-29
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BHARDWAJ, Ashok resigned
nominee-secretary
2004-11-29
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OLDING, Anne Lesley appointed
secretary
2004-11-29
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BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-10-27
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Company incorporated
As ALEX CROW LIMITED
2004-10-27
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BHARDWAJ, Ashok appointed
nominee-secretary
2004-10-27
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BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gary Andrew Olding Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	27/10/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-10-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

80 Albert Street

Windsor

SL4 5BU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-10

Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

OLDING, Daphne Anne→

secretary · appointed 2005-09-28

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Active

OLDING, Gary Andrew→

director · ~65y · appointed 2004-11-29

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Active

BHARDWAJ, Ashok→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2004-11-29

Resigned

OLDING, Anne Lesley→

secretary · appointed 2004-11-29 · resigned 2005-09-28

Resigned

BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2004-11-29

Resigned

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