CROWTHER & SHAW HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07526579 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-11
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 15.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees58000

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-08-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-02
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    capital · SH08
  13. 2019-06-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-06-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-06-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2019-06-10
    ➕
    GLEDHILL, Alexandra Louise appointed
    director
  17. 2019-06-10
    ➕
    GLEDHILL, Elliot Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2019-06-10
    ➕
    HARCOURT, Rachel Laura appointed
    director
  19. 2019-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-08-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2011-03-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Aldermore Invoice Finance, a Division of Aldermore Bank PLC
  22. 2011-02-16
    ➕
    GLEDHILL, Mark Richard appointed
    director
  23. 2011-02-16
    ➖
    HILTON, Helen Claire resigned
    director
  24. 2011-02-11
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    Company incorporated
    As CROWTHER & SHAW HOLDINGS LIMITED
  25. 2011-02-11
    ➕
    HILTON, Helen Claire appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Richard Gledhill
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 23 The Ringway Centre, Beck Road
Huddersfield
HD1 5DG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

GLEDHILL, Alexandra Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLEDHILL, Elliot Andrew→
director · ~30y · appointed 2019-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLEDHILL, Mark Richard→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-02-16
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Active
HARCOURT, Rachel Laura→
director · ~28y · appointed 2019-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILTON, Helen Claire→
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-02-11 · resigned 2011-02-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Aldermore
Aldermore Invoice Finance, a Division of Aldermore Bank PLC
Debenture1 property28/03/201125/08/2017

Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19