2CR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07996879 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-20
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
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-12-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-03-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-12-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2020-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-01-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-03-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2012-03-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 2CR LIMITED
  19. 2012-03-20
    ➕
    HOLLEYOAK, Christopher appointed
    director
  20. 2012-03-20
    ➕
    MORRIS, Christopher John appointed
    director
  21. 2012-03-20
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Richard Scott appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Holleyoak Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Random Rock Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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2CR LIMITED
This company · 07996879

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Holleyoak Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/01/2022
Mr Christopher John Morris
Individual · Australian · DOB 10/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Random Rock Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Christopher Holleyoakceased 10/01/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2012-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Salisbury House
Station Road
Cambridge
CB1 2LA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HOLLEYOAK, Christopher→
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRIS, Christopher John→
director · ~79y · appointed 2012-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Richard Scott→
director · ~55y · appointed 2012-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-06