CRUNCHERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC387101 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-14

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£100

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£100

~ YoY

Current Assets

£100

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£100	£100
Current assets	£100	£100
Net assets	£100	£100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-09-27
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accounts · AA
2024-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-11-11
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2014-10-20
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date
annual-return · AR01
2014-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2013-10-15
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date
annual-return · AR01
2010-10-14
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Company incorporated
As CRUNCHERS LIMITED
2010-10-14
➕
LONG, Helen Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2010-10-14
➕
LONG, Alan Edward appointed
director
2010-10-14
➕
LONG, Helen Elizabeth appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Skua Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Skua Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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CRUNCHERS LIMITED

This company · SC387101

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Skua Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2010-10-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

1 Castle Street

Kirkwall

Orkney

KW15 1HD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-28

Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LONG, Helen Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2010-10-14

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LONG, Alan Edward→

director · ~72y · appointed 2010-10-14

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LONG, Helen Elizabeth→

director · ~65y · appointed 2010-10-14

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Active

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