CRUSHING AND SCREENING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05386258 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-09
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£201.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28921
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 28923SIC 28923
  • 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
  • 77390Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £201,621

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£202k
Current Assets
£349k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£227.0k
Current assets£349.5k
Debtors£247.7k
Net assets£201.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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  2. 2025-12-19
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  3. 2025-03-28
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  4. 2024-12-28
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  5. 2023-12-29
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  6. 2022-12-30
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  7. 2021-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-31
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  9. 2019-12-24
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  10. 2019-05-29
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    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2019-05-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  12. 2018-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-08
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  14. 2016-12-31
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  15. 2016-03-29
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  16. 2015-12-31
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  17. 2005-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As CRUSHING AND SCREENING LIMITED
  18. 2005-03-09
    ➕
    ASHTON, Tracey Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-03-09
    ➕
    ASHTON, Neil Stuart appointed
    director
  20. 2005-03-09
    ➕
    ASHTON, Tracey Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2005-03-09
    ➕
    CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-03-09
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    CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-03-09
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    MC FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2005-03-09
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    MC FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil Stuart Ashton
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28921 — SIC 28921

Registered office

Parkland Grange
Sandhutton
Thirsk
North Yorkshire
YO7 4RX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ASHTON, Tracey Anne→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-09
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Active
ASHTON, Neil Stuart→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-03-09
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Active
ASHTON, Tracey Anne→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-03-09
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Active
CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-09 · resigned 2005-03-09
Resigned
MC FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-03-09 · resigned 2005-03-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—29/05/2019—
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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-11