THE CROSS INN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09808342 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-03
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-22.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £22,846
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£318
Net Worth
-£23k
↓ 92% YoY
Current Assets
£549
↓ 97% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.3k | £19.2k |
| Current assets | £549 | £18.0k |
| Cash | £318 | — |
| Debtors | £231 | £18.0k |
| Net assets | £-22.8k | £-11.9k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-17📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-22📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2017-06-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-06-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-08📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2015-10-03🏢Company incorporatedAs THE CROSS INN LIMITED
- 2015-10-03➕MANSFIELD, Duncan appointeddirector
- 2015-10-03➕MANSFIELD, Patrice appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Patrice Mansfield Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Duncan Mansfield Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| ST. CUTHBERTS FARMHOUSE LIMITED→ 06128851 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| SULTAANS RESTAURANT (HAWICK) LTD→ 13001858 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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| THE BEACHES RETREAT LIMITED→ 15569118 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-10-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
25 Castle Terrace
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
TD15 1NR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12
Last: 2025-06-28
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MANSFIELD, Duncan→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2015-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MANSFIELD, Patrice→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2015-10-03
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Recent filings (30 total)
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2025-10-29
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2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-02