CRANBORNE CAPITAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05640358 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-30
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
87 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees1100

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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-08-29
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-08-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-08-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-08-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-08-27
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-05-07
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  10. 2024-05-07
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    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  11. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-12-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2023-09-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-01-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2021-01-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2021-01-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  19. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2011-04-08
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    TUERSLEY, Nigel Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2010-11-04
    ➖
    TUERSLEY, Nigel Anthony resigned
    director
  22. 2010-06-01
    ➖
    MAY, Graham Philip resigned
    secretary
  23. 2010-06-01
    ➖
    MAY, Graham Philip resigned
    director
  24. 2008-11-04
    ➖
    TURNEY, Paul Herbert resigned
    director
  25. 2007-06-13
    ➕
    TURNEY, Paul Herbert appointed
    director
  26. 2007-04-03
    ➖
    DELLER, Marcus Brett resigned
    director
  27. 2007-03-22
    ➕
    MAY, Graham Philip appointed
    secretary
  28. 2007-03-22
    ➖
    HUMANITAS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2007-03-22
    ➕
    MAY, Graham Philip appointed
    director
  30. 2005-11-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CRANBORNE CAPITAL LIMITED
  31. 2005-11-30
    ➕
    HUMANITAS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2005-11-30
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2005-11-30
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2005-11-30
    ➕
    DELLER, Marcus Brett appointed
    director
  35. 2005-11-30
    ➕
    TUERSLEY, Nigel Anthony appointed
    director
  36. 2005-11-30
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 2005-11-30
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nigel Tuersley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control19/08/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Miss India Tuersleyceased 19/08/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Joseph Tuersleyceased 19/08/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

3 Garden Cottages, New Wardour Castle
Tisbury
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP3 6SE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19

Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)

TUERSLEY, Nigel Anthony→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAY, Graham Philip→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-22 · resigned 2010-06-01
Resigned
HUMANITAS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-11-30 · resigned 2007-03-22
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-30 · resigned 2005-11-30
Resigned
DELLER, Marcus Brett→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-11-30 · resigned 2007-04-03
Resigned
MAY, Graham Philip→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-03-22 · resigned 2010-06-01
Resigned
TUERSLEY, Nigel Anthony→
director · ~76y · appointed 2005-11-30 · resigned 2010-11-04
Resigned
TURNEY, Paul Herbert→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-06-13 · resigned 2008-11-04
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-30 · resigned 2005-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-05-07
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-28