CROSBIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06130633 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-28

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£173.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -50% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £173,266

Cash draining

Cash down 50% YoY

Cash YoY

-50%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£48k

↓ 50% YoY

Net Worth

£173k

↑ 4.8% YoY

Current Assets

£203k

↓ 5.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£173.3k	£165.4k
Current assets	£202.7k	£214.2k
Cash	£47.7k	£96.4k
Debtors	£150.2k	£112.8k
Net assets	£173.3k	£165.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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 (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2022-09-08
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2021-12-10
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2020-11-19
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2019-08-15
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2018-09-13
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2017-11-28
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2016-03-03
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2015-10-09
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2015-03-10
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STANDING, Martyn John resigned
director
2015-03-10
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2015-03-10
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2014-09-10
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2013-03-22
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STANDING, Martyn John appointed
director
2008-09-28
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CROSBIE, Christopher Jude appointed
secretary
2008-09-28
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CROSBIE, Christopher Jude appointed
director
2008-09-28
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CROSBIE, Clare Martine appointed
director
2008-09-28
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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2008-09-28
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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2007-02-28
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Company incorporated
As CROSBIES LIMITED
2007-02-28
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
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2007-02-28
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

99/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CROSBIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 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

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Jude Crosbie Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Clare Martine Crosbie Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-02-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

Unit 3 Coopers Place Business Park

Combe Lane, Wormley

Godalming

Surrey

GU8 5TG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CROSBIE, Christopher Jude→

secretary · appointed 2008-09-28

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Active

CROSBIE, Christopher Jude→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-09-28

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Active

CROSBIE, Clare Martine→

director · ~61y · appointed 2008-09-28

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Active

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2008-09-28

Resigned

STANDING, Martyn John→

director · ~73y · appointed 2013-03-22 · resigned 2015-03-10

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2008-09-28

Resigned

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