BIKE AND SPANNER LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC637114 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-25
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.
🔒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
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47640
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-11➕CROLLA, Lewis appointeddirector
- 2025-11-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-07-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-07-24📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-06-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-07-25🏢Company incorporatedAs BIKE AND SPANNER LIMITED
- 2019-07-25➕CROLLA, Guido appointeddirector
- 2019-07-25➕CROLLA, Julie appointeddirector
- 2019-07-25📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Guido Crolla Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 24/07/2020 |
Mrs Julie Crolla Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 24/07/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-07-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47640 — SIC 47640
Registered office
14 Merchiston Park
Edinburgh
EH10 4PN
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-07
Last: 2025-07-24
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
CROLLA, Guido→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2019-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CROLLA, Julie→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2019-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CROLLA, Lewis→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2025-11-11
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Recent filings (20 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-24