C & R HOLDINGS HOWDEN LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

12929119 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-05

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 5.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 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 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 5.6y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 5.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

19 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	0	0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-05-06
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accounts · AA
2025-04-23
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accounts · AA
2024-06-12
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accounts · AA
2023-03-23
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accounts · AA
2022-03-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-13
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accounts · AA01
2021-03-23
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mortgage · MR01
2021-03-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2020-12-18
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mortgage · MR01
2020-12-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2020-10-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-10-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-13
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capital · SH01
2020-10-12
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HOLROYD, Cameron Colin appointed
director
2020-10-12
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officers · AP01
2020-10-05
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Company incorporated
As C & R HOLDINGS HOWDEN LTD
2020-10-05
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HARDCASTLE, Robert Andrew appointed
director
2020-10-05
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Cameron Colin Holroyd Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/10/2020
Mr Robert Andrew Hardcastle Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	05/10/2020

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

Incorporated2020-10-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Sandholme Lodge Drain Lane

Newport

Brough

East Yorkshire

HU15 2QQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-27

Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HARDCASTLE, Robert Andrew→

director · ~60y · appointed 2020-10-05

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HOLROYD, Cameron Colin→

director · ~66y · appointed 2020-10-12

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	19/03/2021	—
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	16/12/2020	—

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