CROMAR HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09557070 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-23
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees20

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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-14
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-04-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-04-25
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  5. 2025-04-23
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  6. 2025-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-03-25
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    CROWTHER, Graham Benjamin resigned
    director
  8. 2024-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-09
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-12
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-20
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-13
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    address · AD01
  17. 2015-06-18
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    CROWTHER, Mark Anthony appointed
    director
  18. 2015-06-18
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    CROWTHER, Graham Benjamin appointed
    director
  19. 2015-04-23
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    Company incorporated
    As CROMAR HOLDINGS LIMITED
  20. 2015-04-23
    ➕
    CROWTHER, Benjamin Tom appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Benjamin Tom Crowther
Individual · British · DOB 02/1980 · age 46
——sig. influencesignificant influence24/04/2016
Mr Mark Anthony Crowther
Individual · British · DOB 07/1981 · age 45
——sig. influencesignificant influence24/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 3 Hill View Trading Estate
Guards Road
Coldstream
Berwickshire
TD12 4EE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CROWTHER, Benjamin Tom→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-04-23
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Active
CROWTHER, Mark Anthony→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-06-18
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Active
CROWTHER, Graham Benjamin→
director · ~78y · appointed 2015-06-18 · resigned 2025-03-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-25
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-04-25
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-16