CROWE PLUMBING & HEATING LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC521031 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-24
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
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£60
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £60
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,702 YoY
Cash YoY
+42%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£26k
↑ 42% YoY
Net Worth
£60
↓ 99% YoY
Current Assets
£41k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£16k£25k£33k£41kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£9.2k£56.4k
Current assets£41.1k£29.6k
Cash£26.4k£18.6k
Debtors£14.7k£11.0k
Net assets£60£10.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-02-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-08-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-23
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2023-04-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-11-27
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2017-11-27
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-08-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-11-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CROWE PLUMBING & HEATING LTD
  18. 2015-11-24
    ➕
    CROWE, Kelvin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CROWE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kelvin Crowe
Individual · British · DOB 01/1991 · age 35
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Lewis Brian Keenan Turner
Individual · British · DOB 10/1992 · age 34
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/04/2023

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
Incorporated2015-11-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

Office 2 30/2 Eskbank Office Complex
Hardengreen Industrial Estate
Dalkeith
EH22 3NX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CROWE, Kelvin→
director · ~35y · appointed 2015-11-24
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Recent filings (28 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-02