ABERDARE COTTAGE COMPANY,LIMITED(THE)

🌳Matureactive
00103472 · ltd · incorporated 1909-06-12
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 114.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 62/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 114.3y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 114.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-12
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  9. 2020-04-07
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  10. 2019-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  13. 2018-01-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2018-01-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-01-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-01-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2018-01-17
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    BIRD, Geraint Huw appointed
    director
  18. 2017-12-21
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    REES, Ewart John Kenvyn resigned
    director
  19. 2006-12-13
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    BIRD, Simon David Spencer appointed
    director
  20. 2006-07-21
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    BIRD, David Stuart resigned
    director
  21. 2000-11-16
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    HOWELLS, Colin appointed
    director
  22. 2000-03-14
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    BIRD, Graham Spencer resigned
    director
  23. 1997-01-21
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    BIRD, Simon David Spencer appointed
    secretary
  24. 1997-01-21
    ➕
    BIRD, Graham Spencer appointed
    director
  25. 1997-01-20
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    BIRD, David Stuart resigned
    secretary
  26. 1995-03-20
    ➖
    BIRD, George Spencer resigned
    director
  27. 1912-08-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Trustees of Court No. 1908
  28. 1912-02-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: H W Lary
  29. 1909-06-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ABERDARE COTTAGE COMPANY,LIMITED(THE)

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 117 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1909-06-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Marchant Harries House
Cardiff Street
Aberdare
Rhondda Cynon Taff
CF44 7DP
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

BIRD, Simon David Spencer→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-21
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Active
BIRD, Geraint Huw→
director · ~58y · appointed 2018-01-17
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Active
BIRD, Simon David Spencer→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-12-13
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Active
HOWELLS, Colin→
director · ~83y · appointed 2000-11-16
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Active
BIRD, David Stuart→
secretary · resigned 1997-01-20
Resigned
BIRD, David Stuart→
director · ~93y · resigned 2006-07-21
Resigned
BIRD, George Spencer→
director · ~125y · resigned 1995-03-20
Resigned
BIRD, Graham Spencer→
director · ~103y · appointed 1997-01-21 · resigned 2000-03-14
Resigned
REES, Ewart John Kenvyn→
director · ~104y · resigned 2017-12-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Trustees of Court No. 1908
Mortgage1 property16/08/1912—
outstanding
H W Lary / E Evans
Mortgage1 property09/02/1912—
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Recent filings (110 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2020-05-12
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2020-04-07