JS CROMAR SPECIALIST AMES TAPER LTD
- · Bankability: 70 → 75
- · Filings: 14 → 15
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 2 positive signals vs 0 negative.
- ↑Bankability: 70 → 75
- ↑Filings: 14 → 15
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- 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Opportunity 76/100 (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 (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £15.2k | £6.2k |
| Current assets | £12.3k | — |
| Cash | £8.9k | £2.3k |
| Debtors | £3.5k | — |
| Net assets | £15.2k | £6.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
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- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-14📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-05-27📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-25📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-11-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-06-01🏢Company incorporatedAs JS CROMAR SPECIALIST AMES TAPER LTD
- 2021-06-01➕CROMAR, John Stewart appointeddirector
- 2021-06-01📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CROMAR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Stewart Cromar Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/06/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Rhonda Dawn Cromarceased 02/06/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 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 →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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