CROFT RISK MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06041043 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-03

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£-4.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £4,310

Cash YoY

-14%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£13k

↓ 14% YoY

Net Worth

-£4k

↑ 3.2% YoY

Current Assets

£37k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-4.3k	£-4.5k
Current assets	£36.6k	£42.2k
Cash	£13.2k	£15.4k
Debtors	£23.4k	£26.7k
Net assets	£-4.3k	£-4.5k

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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accounts · AA
2024-12-27
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accounts · AA
2023-12-28
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accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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accounts · AA
2021-12-18
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accounts · AA
2020-11-20
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accounts · AA
2019-12-27
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accounts · AA
2019-06-20
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capital · SH02
2019-05-14
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capital · SH01
2018-12-28
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accounts · AA
2017-12-28
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accounts · AA
2016-12-05
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accounts · AA
2016-01-19
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2007-01-08
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CROFT, Victoria appointed
secretary
2007-01-08
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CROFT, Roger appointed
director
2007-01-03
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Company incorporated
As CROFT RISK MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2007-01-03
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JPCORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-01-03
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JPCORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-01-03
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JPCORD LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-01-03
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JPCORD LIMITED resigned
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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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CROFT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Victoria Croft Individual · British · DOB 10/1975 · age 51	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	03/01/2017
Mr Roger Croft Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	03/01/2017

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

Incorporated2007-01-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Pooks Hill Stoney Lane

Ashmore Green

Thatcham

Berkshire

RG18 9HD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-17

Last: 2026-01-03

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CROFT, Victoria→

secretary · appointed 2007-01-08

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Active

CROFT, Roger→

director · ~54y · appointed 2007-01-08

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Active

JPCORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-03 · resigned 2007-01-03

Resigned

JPCORD LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-03 · resigned 2007-01-03

Resigned

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