CROOK COMMUNITY LEISURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08658805 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2013-08-21

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£379.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -67% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £379,401

Cash draining

Cash down 67% YoY

Cash YoY

-67%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2k

↓ 67% YoY

Net Worth

£379k

↑ 1.6% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↓ 54% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£379.4k	£373.3k
Current assets	£3.5k	£7.6k
Cash	£2.2k	£6.6k
Debtors	£1.3k	£1.0k
Net assets	£379.4k	£373.3k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-05-28
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accounts · AA
2026-05-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-19
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accounts · AA
2024-04-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
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officers · TM01
2022-12-13
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officers · TM01
2022-08-04
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COWING JP, Jean resigned
director
2022-05-30
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accounts · AA
2022-03-10
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WINTER, John resigned
director
2021-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-21
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accounts · AA
2020-02-24
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officers · AP01
2020-02-24
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officers · CH01
2020-02-24
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officers · TM01
2019-11-30
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ROBERTS, Helen Elizabeth resigned
director
2019-09-01
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STANTON, Maureen Blanche appointed
director
2019-05-15
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accounts · AA
2018-12-13
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officers · TM01
2018-08-10
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DEWISON, Lorraine Alison appointed
director
2018-08-10
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officers · AP01
2018-07-26
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STANTON, Maureen Blanche resigned
director
2016-08-24
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SPENCE, Sharon appointed
director
2016-08-24
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ROBERTS, Helen Elizabeth appointed
director
2016-08-14
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HIRST, Ian resigned
secretary
2016-08-14
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WINTER, Kenneth Stephen resigned
director
2015-06-20
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HIRST, Ian resigned
director
2015-05-20
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MILNE, Ian Mcintosh resigned
director
2014-10-02
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COWING JP, Jean appointed
director
2014-10-02
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MURPHY, Edward, Councillor resigned
director
2014-09-18
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PUCKERING, Ashley Gary appointed
director
2014-09-18
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ANDERSON, Mark resigned
director
2013-08-21
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Company incorporated
As CROOK COMMUNITY LEISURE LIMITED
2013-08-21
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AYRE, Linda appointed
director
2013-08-21
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WINTER, Dorothy appointed
director
2013-08-21
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HIRST, Ian appointed
secretary
2013-08-21
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ANDERSON, Mark appointed
director
2013-08-21
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HIRST, Ian appointed
director
2013-08-21
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MILNE, Ian Mcintosh appointed
director
2013-08-21
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MURPHY, Edward, Councillor appointed
director
2013-08-21
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STANTON, Maureen Blanche appointed
director
2013-08-21
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WINTER, John appointed
director
2013-08-21
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WINTER, Kenneth Stephen appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Linda Ayre Individual · British · DOB 09/1950 · age 76	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016
Mrs Maureen Blanche Stanton Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016
Mrs Dorothy Winter Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016
Mr Ashley Gary Puckering Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Jean Cowingceased 04/08/2022· significant influence
Mr John Winterceased 10/03/2022· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2013-08-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

7 Royal Grove

Crook

Co Durham

DL15 9ER

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-29

Last: 2025-10-15