CEEFOX HOLDINGS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
09744022 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-21
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£9.45M
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
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 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
52 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,891,620
Revenue decline
Turnover down 17% YoY
Turnover YoY
-17%
Year on year

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
Turnover£9.45M£11.36M
Gross profit£2.33M£2.60M
Operating profit£1.88M£2.28M
Profit before tax£1.89M£2.29M
Average employees500500

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-18
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    FOXCROFT-GALL, Lucy resigned
    director
  4. 2024-10-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-06-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-04-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-04-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-08-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-07-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-02-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-11-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2020-09-02
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-09-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2019-09-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2019-09-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  21. 2015-09-28
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    GALE, Robert, Mr. appointed
    director
  22. 2015-08-21
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    Company incorporated
    As CEEFOX HOLDINGS LIMITED
  23. 2015-08-21
    ➕
    FOXCROFT, Carol appointed
    secretary
  24. 2015-08-21
    ➕
    FOXCROFT, Carol Anne appointed
    director
  25. 2015-08-21
    ➕
    FOXCROFT, James appointed
    director
  26. 2015-08-21
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    FOXCROFT-GALL, Lucy appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mrs Carol Anne Foxcroft
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Lucy Foxcroft-Wardleceased 21/02/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr James Foxcroftceased 21/02/2019· 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
Incorporated2015-08-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

8 Adelaide Row
Seaham
County Durham
SR7 7EF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

FOXCROFT, Carol→
secretary · appointed 2015-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOXCROFT, Carol Anne→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOXCROFT, James→
director · ~77y · appointed 2015-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GALE, Robert, Mr.→
director · ~82y · appointed 2015-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOXCROFT-GALL, Lucy→
director · ~38y · appointed 2015-08-21 · resigned 2024-10-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-06