CROUGHTON RENEWABLE RESOURCES CENTRE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06461068 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-31
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£268.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
53 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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £268,634
Cash YoY
+96%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£19k
↑ 96% YoY
Net Worth
£269k
↑ 112% YoY
Current Assets
£395k
↑ 213% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £268.6k | £126.7k |
| Current assets | £394.9k | £126.0k |
| Cash | £18.8k | £9.6k |
| Debtors | £376.1k | £116.4k |
| Net assets | £268.6k | £126.7k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-16📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2025-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-01-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-01-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2009-06-28➖STEVENS ASTELL, Nigel Samuel resigneddirector
- 2009-02-24➕HENSON, Karen appointedsecretary
- 2009-02-24➖STEVENS-ASTELL, Olga resignedsecretary
- 2008-11-14➕CHURCHILL, Graham Smith appointeddirector
- 2008-11-14➕HENSON, Karen appointeddirector
- 2007-12-31🏢Company incorporatedAs CROUGHTON RENEWABLE RESOURCES CENTRE LIMITED
- 2007-12-31➕STEVENS-ASTELL, Olga appointedsecretary
- 2007-12-31➕STEVENS ASTELL, Nigel Samuel appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Karen Henson Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Graham Churchill Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-12-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320
Registered office
Winterhills
Silverstone
Towcester
Northamptonshire
NN12 8UG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
CHURCHILL, Graham Smith→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2008-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HENSON, Karen→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2008-11-14
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STEVENS-ASTELL, Olga→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-12-31 · resigned 2009-02-24
STEVENS ASTELL, Nigel Samuel→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2007-12-31 · resigned 2009-06-28
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Recent filings (53 total)
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confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-15