ELLERGREEN GROUP LLP
💤Zombieactive
OC426010 · llp · incorporated 2019-02-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒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
71/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.2y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (75/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 2 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
5 active PSC(s) of 8 total, 8 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £14.23M |
| Current assets | — | £3.19M |
| Cash | — | £113.1k |
| Debtors | — | £3.03M |
| Average employees | 600 | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-09📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2025-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-11📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2025-01-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR01
- 2025-01-16🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR01
- 2024-10-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
- 2024-05-20➖JA CROPPER SETTLEMENT 1989 resignedcorporate-llp-designated-member
- 2024-05-20➖JA CROPPER SETTLEMENT 2021 resignedcorporate-llp-designated-member
- 2024-05-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
- 2024-05-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
- 2024-05-20📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2024-05-20📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2024-03-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC02
- 2024-03-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC03
- 2024-03-07📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2024-03-07📄appoint-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-dateofficers · LLAP02
- 2024-03-07📄appoint-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-dateofficers · LLAP02
- 2024-02-16➕J A CROPPER 2021 SETTLEMENT appointedcorporate-llp-designated-member
- 2024-02-16➕JA CROPPER 1989 SETTLEMENT appointedcorporate-llp-designated-member
- 2024-02-16➕JA CROPPER SETTLEMENT 1989 appointedcorporate-llp-designated-member
- 2024-02-16➕JA CROPPER SETTLEMENT 2021 appointedcorporate-llp-designated-member
- 2024-02-16📄change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH02
- 2024-02-16📄appoint-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-dateofficers · LLAP02
- 2024-02-16📄appoint-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-dateofficers · LLAP02
- 2024-02-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC02
- 2023-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-24📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2022-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-16📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2022-03-16📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2022-03-16📄appoint-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-dateofficers · LLAP02
- 2019-08-01➕CROPPER TRUSTEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-llp-designated-member
- 2019-08-01➕ELLERGREEN TRUSTEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-llp-designated-member
- 2019-08-01➕J A CROPPER 1989 SETTLEMENT appointedcorporate-llp-designated-member
- 2019-08-01➖J A CROPPER 1989 SETTLEMENT resignedcorporate-llp-designated-member
- 2019-04-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
- 2019-02-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ELLERGREEN GROUP LLP
- 2019-02-11➕CROPPER, James Anthony, Sir appointedllp-designated-member
- 2019-02-11➕CROPPER, Mark Alexander James appointedllp-designated-member
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
4 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
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J A Cropper 2021 Settlement
Corporate parent
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J A Cropper 1989 Settlement
Corporate parent
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Cropper Trustees Limited
Corporate parent
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Ellergreen Trustees Limited
Corporate parent
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ELLERGREEN GROUP LLP
This company · OC426010
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
5 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
J A Cropper 2021 Settlement Corporate entity | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 01/02/2023 |
J A Cropper 1989 Settlement Corporate entity | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 01/08/2019 |
Cropper Trustees Limited Corporate entity | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 01/08/2019 |
Ellergreen Trustees Limited Corporate entity | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 01/08/2019 |
Mark Alexander James Cropper Individual · British · DOB 04/1974 · age 52 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 11/02/2019 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Ja Cropper Settlement 1989ceased 20/05/2024· 25-50% voting
- Ja Cropper Settlement 2021ceased 20/05/2024· 25-50% voting
- Sir James Anthony Cropperceased 01/10/2021· 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2019-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—
Registered office
Cunswick Hall Farm
Crook
Kendal
LA8 8JS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10
Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)
CROPPER, James Anthony, Sir→
Activellp-designated-member · ~88y · appointed 2019-02-11
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CROPPER, Mark Alexander James→
Activellp-designated-member · ~52y · appointed 2019-02-11
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CROPPER TRUSTEES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2019-08-01
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ELLERGREEN TRUSTEES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2019-08-01
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J A CROPPER 2021 SETTLEMENT→
Activecorporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2024-02-16
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JA CROPPER 1989 SETTLEMENT→
Activecorporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2024-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
J A CROPPER 1989 SETTLEMENT→
Resignedcorporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2019-08-01 · resigned 2019-08-01
JA CROPPER SETTLEMENT 1989→
Resignedcorporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2024-02-16 · resigned 2024-05-20
JA CROPPER SETTLEMENT 2021→
Resignedcorporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2024-02-16 · resigned 2024-05-20
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/01/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/10/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/04/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (40 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-02-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR01
2024-10-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
2024-05-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
2024-05-20
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2024-05-20
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2024-05-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC02
2024-03-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC03
2024-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-03-07
appoint-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
officers · LLAP02
2024-03-07
appoint-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
officers · LLAP02
2024-03-07