CADWYN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01114776 · ltd · incorporated 1973-05-21
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 36.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£191.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 36.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 36.5 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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
103 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £191,550
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£192k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£244k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £194.1k | £156.9k |
| Current assets | £244.5k | £201.2k |
| Net assets | £191.6k | £148.9k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-16📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-09-12➖FFRANCIS, Meinir Ceridwen resignedsecretary
- 2024-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-03-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-02-29📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2023-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-22➕ELIN, Sioned appointeddirector
- 2022-08-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-02-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-02-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-02-18➕GWYNFOR, Hedd appointeddirector
- 2020-02-18➖FFRANCIS, Ffred resigneddirector
- 2020-02-18➖FFRANCIS, Meinir Ceridwen resigneddirector
- 2019-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-07-13🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2011-04-01➖ELIN, Sioned resigneddirector
- 1998-06-01➕ELIN, Sioned appointeddirector
- 1998-03-07🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1998-02-27🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1997-04-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1990-01-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1973-05-21🏢Company incorporatedAs CADWYN LIMITED
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Sioned Elin Individual · Welsh · DOB 03/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/09/2023 |
Mr Hedd Gwynfor Individual · Welsh · DOB 04/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/09/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1973-05-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Registered office
Dolwerdd
Llanfihangel-Ar-Arth
Pencader
Sir Gaerfyrddin
SA39 9JU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
ELIN, Sioned→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2022-08-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GWYNFOR, Hedd→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2020-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FFRANCIS, Meinir Ceridwen→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2025-09-12
ELIN, Sioned→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 1998-06-01 · resigned 2011-04-01
FFRANCIS, Ffred→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · resigned 2020-02-18
FFRANCIS, Meinir Ceridwen→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · resigned 2020-02-18
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 27/02/1998 | 13/07/2018 | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 08/04/1997 | — | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 26/01/1990 | 07/03/1998 |
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Recent filings (103 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-08
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27