CROMDALE ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC222583 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-28
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
£-20.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 24.3y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (4 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £20,125

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£20k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£20k-£20k-£19k-£19k-£18k-£18kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-20.1k£-17.7k
Debtors£310£10
Net assets£-20.1k£-17.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-03
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  3. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-25
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2022-02-25
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    Charge satisfied #6
  7. 2021-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-12
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-04-02
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    WAITT, Kenneth William appointed
    director
  12. 2018-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-09-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2016-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-03-14
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    Charge satisfied #5
  19. 2012-01-11
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  20. 2012-01-10
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    Charge satisfied #3
  21. 2012-01-06
    ➕
    GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2012-01-06
    ➖
    SMYTH, Pamela June resigned
    secretary
  23. 2012-01-06
    ➖
    GRANT, Pamela resigned
    director
  24. 2012-01-06
    ➖
    MILLER, Philip Hartley resigned
    director
  25. 2012-01-06
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    SUTHERLAND, Andrew resigned
    director
  26. 2011-12-30
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  27. 2010-01-18
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    BORLAND, Donald William resigned
    director
  28. 2010-01-18
    ➕
    GRANT, Pamela appointed
    director
  29. 2009-09-18
    ➖
    JACKSON, Julie Mansfield resigned
    director
  30. 2009-05-29
    ➖
    WOOD, Marlene resigned
    director
  31. 2007-08-20
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    BORLAND, Donald William appointed
    director
  32. 2006-03-15
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  33. 2006-01-06
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    Charge satisfied #2
  34. 2005-12-01
    ➕
    SMYTH, Pamela June appointed
    secretary
  35. 2005-12-01
    ➖
    THE GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  36. 2005-10-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  37. 2005-08-18
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    Charge satisfied #4
  38. 2005-06-30
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  39. 2005-02-25
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    JACKSON, Julie Mansfield appointed
    director
  40. 2005-02-25
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    MILLOY, David Thomas resigned
    director
  41. 2005-02-25
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Andrew appointed
    director
  42. 2005-02-25
    ➕
    WOOD, Marlene appointed
    director
  43. 2004-12-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  44. 2002-01-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  45. 2002-01-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  46. 2001-12-20
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    GRIGOR, Malcolm Stephen appointed
    director
  47. 2001-12-20
    ➕
    MILLER, Philip Hartley appointed
    director
  48. 2001-12-20
    ➕
    MILLOY, David Thomas appointed
    director
  49. 2001-12-20
    ➖
    RITCHIE, Sheila Ewan resigned
    nominee-director
  50. 2001-08-28
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    Company incorporated
    As CROMDALE ENTERPRISES LIMITED
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Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Cromdale Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cromdale Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CROMDALE ENTERPRISES LIMITED
This company · SC222583

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cromdale Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%sig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence06/04/2016
Mr Martin John Callan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Malcolm Stephen Grigor
Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-08-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

252 Union Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1TN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (4 active · 10 resigned)

GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CALLAN, Martin John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2001-08-28
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Active
GRIGOR, Malcolm Stephen→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-12-20
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Active
WAITT, Kenneth William→
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMYTH, Pamela June→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2012-01-06
Resigned
THE GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2005-12-01
Resigned
BORLAND, Donald William→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-08-20 · resigned 2010-01-18
Resigned
GRANT, Pamela→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-01-18 · resigned 2012-01-06
Resigned
JACKSON, Julie Mansfield→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-02-25 · resigned 2009-09-18
Resigned
MILLER, Philip Hartley→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-12-20 · resigned 2012-01-06
Resigned
MILLOY, David Thomas→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-12-20 · resigned 2005-02-25
Resigned
RITCHIE, Sheila Ewan→
nominee-director · ~69y · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2001-12-20
Resigned
SUTHERLAND, Andrew→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-02-25 · resigned 2012-01-06
Resigned
WOOD, Marlene→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-02-25 · resigned 2009-05-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

7
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Standard security1 property11/01/2012—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property30/12/201125/02/2022
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property15/03/200614/03/2012
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property30/06/200518/08/2005
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property15/12/200410/01/2012
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property23/01/200212/10/2005
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property20/01/200206/01/2006
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Recent filings (99 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-05