CROYLAND LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07010384 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-05
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 16.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 16.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
5 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 7 | 800 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-08📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2017-11-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-11-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-11-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-11-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-11-09📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2017-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2009-12-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Alliance and Leicester PLC
- 2009-12-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Alliance and Leicester PLC
- 2009-09-05🏢Company incorporatedAs CROYLAND LIMITED
- 2009-09-05➕PATEL, Jignesh appointedsecretary
- 2009-09-05➕MOLEDINA, Rizwan Mushtaqali appointeddirector
- 2009-09-05➕PATEL, Jignesh appointeddirector
- 2009-09-05➕ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-09-05➖ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-09-05➕PARRY, David Robert appointeddirector
- 2009-09-05➖PARRY, David Robert resigneddirector
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
5 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Farhana Moledina Individual · British · DOB 03/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 10/04/2017 |
Mrs Bela Patel Individual · British · DOB 02/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 10/04/2017 |
Mr Jignesh Patel Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/04/2016 |
Mr Rizwan Mushtaqali Moledina Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/04/2016 |
Mr Jignesh Patel Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Registered office
77 London Road
Wollaston
Northamptonshire
NN29 7QP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
MOLEDINA, Rizwan Mushtaqali→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2009-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PATEL, Jignesh→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2009-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2009-09-05 · resigned 2009-09-05
PARRY, David Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2009-09-05 · resigned 2009-09-05
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Alliance and Leicester Alliance and Leicester PLC | Legal charge | 2 properties | 18/12/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Alliance and Leicester Alliance and Leicester PLC | Debenture | 2 properties | 18/12/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (55 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-09-25