CREATEINN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05297720 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-36.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £36,015
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£36k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↑ 7.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£52k-£37k-£22k-£7k£9k£24kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£47.0k£46.4k
Current assets£23.7k£22.1k
Net assets£-36.0k£-52.0k

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

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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-25
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  2. 2024-07-26
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  3. 2023-07-03
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  4. 2022-07-19
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  5. 2022-06-21
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  6. 2022-06-21
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  7. 2022-06-21
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  8. 2022-06-21
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  9. 2021-06-28
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  10. 2020-07-30
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  11. 2019-08-30
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  12. 2018-07-31
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  13. 2017-07-31
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  14. 2016-07-29
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  15. 2015-12-07
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  16. 2005-04-10
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    MILLS-ROGERS, Sharon resigned
    director
  17. 2005-04-10
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    ROGERS, Mark Peter, Mr. resigned
    director
  18. 2004-11-26
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    Company incorporated
    As CREATEINN LIMITED
  19. 2004-11-26
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    ROGERS, Jonathan Anthony appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-11-26
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    ROGERS, Jonathan Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2004-11-26
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    ROGERS, Michelle appointed
    director
  22. 2004-11-26
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    MILLS-ROGERS, Sharon appointed
    director
  23. 2004-11-26
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    ROGERS, Mark Peter, Mr. appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Michelle Rogers
Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Jonathan Anthony Rogers
Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Retford Enterprise Centre
Randall Way
Retford
Nottinghamshire
DN22 7GR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ROGERS, Jonathan Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-26
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Active
ROGERS, Jonathan Anthony→
director · ~47y · appointed 2004-11-26
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Active
ROGERS, Michelle→
director · ~48y · appointed 2004-11-26
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Active
MILLS-ROGERS, Sharon→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-11-26 · resigned 2005-04-10
Resigned
ROGERS, Mark Peter, Mr.→
director · ~54y · appointed 2004-11-26 · resigned 2005-04-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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2026-01-05
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2025-07-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
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accounts · AA
2024-07-26
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2024-01-02
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accounts · AA
2023-07-03
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2023-01-24
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2022-07-19
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officers · CH01
2022-06-21
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officers · CH01
2022-06-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
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accounts · AA
2021-06-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-24