CROFT PUBCO LIMITED
Opportunity 53/100 (worth a look), bankability 45/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.5y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: low (52/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Recent activity
- • 1 mortgage
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-11-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Caledonian Heritable Limited
- 2025-08-30📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-08-06📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2025-08-06📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2025-08-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-10📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-03-20🏢Company incorporatedAs CROFT PUBCO LIMITED
- 2024-03-20➕CLARK, Ryan John appointeddirector
- 2024-03-20➕EAGAR, Andrew Robert appointeddirector
- 2024-03-20📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
2 high · 1 lowStatutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.
Evidence: Next due: 2025-12-20
Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.
Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-02
Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Caledonian Heritable Caledonian Heritable Limited | A registered charge | — | 11/11/2025 | — |