CROFT MEADOWS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD

🌳Matureactive

06295302 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-27

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

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

12 officers (7 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-23	2024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2025-10-03
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accounts · AA
2025-06-20
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officers · TM02
2025-06-20
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officers · AP01
2025-06-19
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NATT, Antony Leo, Dr appointed
director
2025-06-17
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CHARLES, Michael Paul appointed
secretary
2025-06-17
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NATT, Antony Leo, Dr resigned
secretary
2025-06-17
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officers · CH01
2025-06-17
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officers · AP03
2025-06-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-17
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address · AD01
2024-08-04
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accounts · AA
2023-08-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-31
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ALEXANDER, Helen appointed
director
2023-07-31
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ALEXANDER, Matthew appointed
director
2023-07-31
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officers · AP01
2023-07-31
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officers · AP01
2023-07-07
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MITCHELL, Mary Josephine resigned
director
2023-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-08
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accounts · AA
2018-08-03
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ROBINSON, Timothy Philip resigned
director
2018-08-02
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CHARLES, Alison Jane appointed
director
2018-08-02
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CHARLES, Michael Paul appointed
director
2008-10-01
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NATT, Angela Mary appointed
director
2008-10-01
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NATT, Antony Leo, Dr appointed
secretary
2008-10-01
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MITCHELL, Mary Josephine appointed
director
2008-10-01
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ROBINSON, Timothy Philip appointed
director
2008-09-30
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BUFFETT, Sarah Jane Boyd resigned
secretary
2008-09-30
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BUFFETT, Howard Evans resigned
director
2007-06-27
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Company incorporated
As CROFT MEADOWS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD
2007-06-27
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BUFFETT, Sarah Jane Boyd appointed
secretary
2007-06-27
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BUFFETT, Howard Evans appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Matthew Alexander Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	02/08/2023
Mr Michael Paul Charles Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	07/08/2019
Mrs Angela Mary Natt Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Mary Josephine Mitchellceased 07/07/2023· 25-50% shares
Mr Timothy Philip Robinsonceased 03/08/2018· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2007-06-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

3 Croft Meadows

Hardraw

Hawes

N Yorkshire

DL8 3LZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-23

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-05

Last: 2025-07-22