BLACK HORSE CROFT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

13625111 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-16

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30

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

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2 signals 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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-02-15
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accounts · AA
2024-11-27
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accounts · AA
2024-07-01
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accounts · AA
2023-08-09
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accounts · AA
2022-11-01
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address · AD01
2022-11-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-31
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officers · AP01
2022-10-31
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officers · TM01
2022-10-31
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officers · AP01
2022-10-31
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officers · AP01
2022-10-31
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officers · AP01
2022-10-31
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officers · AP01
2022-10-31
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officers · AP03
2022-10-31
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officers · TM01
2022-10-31
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officers · TM02
2022-10-01
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BITHELL-SMITH, Emma appointed
secretary
2022-10-01
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BITHELL-SMITH, Emma appointed
director
2022-10-01
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BOTHA, Pieter appointed
director
2022-10-01
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GORE, Ceri Anne appointed
director
2022-10-01
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THOMPSON, Stuart Ross appointed
director
2022-10-01
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GRIMSHAW, David John resigned
secretary
2022-10-01
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GRIMSHAW, David John resigned
director
2022-09-01
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GORE, Ceri Anne appointed
director
2022-09-01
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GORE, Ceri Anne resigned
director
2021-10-20
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-10-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-09-16
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Company incorporated
As BLACK HORSE CROFT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD
2021-09-16
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GRIMSHAW, David John appointed
secretary
2021-09-16
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GRIMSHAW, David John appointed
director
2021-09-16
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

40/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Ceri Anne Gore Individual · British · DOB 11/1975 · age 51	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/10/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr David John Grimshawceased 01/10/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2021-09-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Black Horse Farm Arbour Lane

Standish

Wigan

WN6 0YJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-29

Last: 2025-09-15