CRUMBS DRINKS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11900889 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-23
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (58/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £79.6k |
| Current assets | — | £68.4k |
| Net assets | — | £72.5k |
| Average employees | 0 | — |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-03-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-03-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-08-11📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-08-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-01📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-07-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-07-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-07-03📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2019-06-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-03-23🏢Company incorporatedAs CRUMBS DRINKS LTD
- 2019-03-23➕ARNELL, Elaine Margaret appointeddirector
- 2019-03-23➕ARNELL, Morgan James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Morgan James Arnell Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 23/03/2019 |
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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer
Registered office
C/O James Todd & Co Furzehall Farm
110 Wickham Road
Fareham
Hampshire
PO16 7JH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ARNELL, Elaine Margaret→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2019-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ARNELL, Morgan James→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2019-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (26 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-08-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01