CRUCIBLE CARE

🌳Matureactive
05437547 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-04-27
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
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-1.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13300
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,623

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£2k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 9.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£2k-£849£657£2k£4k£5kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-433£-186
Current assets£4.7k£5.2k
Net assets£-1.6k£-2.4k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-10
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  3. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-08
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  5. 2024-08-08
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  6. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-14
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  13. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-11
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  15. 2017-02-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2017-01-17
    ➖
    COLDWELL, Janet Teresa resigned
    director
  17. 2017-01-17
    ➖
    GREGORY, Verna Ellen resigned
    director
  18. 2006-10-01
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    GREGORY, Verna Ellen appointed
    director
  19. 2005-04-27
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    Company incorporated
    As CRUCIBLE CARE
  20. 2005-04-27
    ➕
    THOMAS, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-04-27
    ➕
    THOMAS, Gillian appointed
    director
  22. 2005-04-27
    ➕
    THOMAS, Terence appointed
    director
  23. 2005-04-27
    ➕
    COLDWELL, Janet Teresa appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2005-04-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC13300 — SIC 13300

Registered office

Hellings Lanvean
St. Mawgan
Newquay
Cornwall
TR8 4EY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

THOMAS, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, Gillian→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, Terence→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLDWELL, Janet Teresa→
director · ~79y · appointed 2005-04-27 · resigned 2017-01-17
Resigned
GREGORY, Verna Ellen→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-10-01 · resigned 2017-01-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-08-08
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31