CROWTHORNE HOPEZONE

🌳Matureactive
07525887 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2011-02-10
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£3.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of religious organisations
Sector: Other service activities
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,484
Net assets shrinking
Down £310 YoY
Cash YoY
-1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 1.1% YoY
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 8.2% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 3.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1k£2k£4k£5k£6kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£3.5k£3.8k
Current assets£5.8k£6.0k
Cash£5.2k£5.2k
Debtors£651£797
Net assets£3.5k£3.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2019-10-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2019-09-01
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    CASE, Jacqueline Anne, Revd resigned
    director
  11. 2019-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2019-04-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2019-04-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2019-03-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2019-03-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2019-03-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-02-14
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    GARDNER, Sharon Mary, Rev appointed
    director
  19. 2019-02-14
    ➕
    STEPHENS, Valerie Anne appointed
    director
  20. 2018-12-31
    ➖
    CEASER, Martin Stanbridge, Reverend resigned
    director
  21. 2018-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2012-09-01
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    CASE, Jacqueline Anne, Revd appointed
    director
  23. 2012-09-01
    ➖
    SELMES, Robin John, Reverend resigned
    director
  24. 2011-06-08
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Andrew John appointed
    secretary
  25. 2011-06-08
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Andrew John appointed
    director
  26. 2011-06-08
    ➖
    CHAPMAN, Robert Hugh resigned
    secretary
  27. 2011-06-08
    ➖
    CHAPMAN, Robert Hugh resigned
    director
  28. 2011-02-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CROWTHORNE HOPEZONE
  29. 2011-02-10
    ➕
    CHAPMAN, Robert Hugh appointed
    secretary
  30. 2011-02-10
    ➕
    CEASER, Martin Stanbridge, Reverend appointed
    director
  31. 2011-02-10
    ➕
    CHAPMAN, Robert Hugh appointed
    director
  32. 2011-02-10
    ➕
    SELMES, Robin John, Reverend appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Valerie Anne Stephens
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
——sig. influencesignificant influence14/02/2019
Rev Sharon Mary Gardner
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence14/02/2019
Mr Andrew John Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Reverend Jacqueline Anne Caseceased 01/09/2019· significant influence
  • Reverend Martin Stanbridge Ceaserceased 31/12/2018· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2011-02-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94910 — Activities of religious organisations

Registered office

33 Lea Croft
Crowthorne
Berkshire
RG45 6RJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

MITCHELL, Andrew John→
secretary · appointed 2011-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARDNER, Sharon Mary, Rev→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELL, Andrew John→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEPHENS, Valerie Anne→
director · ~72y · appointed 2019-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAPMAN, Robert Hugh→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-10 · resigned 2011-06-08
Resigned
CASE, Jacqueline Anne, Revd→
director · ~73y · appointed 2012-09-01 · resigned 2019-09-01
Resigned
CEASER, Martin Stanbridge, Reverend→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-02-10 · resigned 2018-12-31
Resigned
CHAPMAN, Robert Hugh→
director · ~79y · appointed 2011-02-10 · resigned 2011-06-08
Resigned
SELMES, Robin John, Reverend→
director · ~57y · appointed 2011-02-10 · resigned 2012-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-04-09