CI WALES AND WEST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02785202 · ltd · incorporated 1993-01-29

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46439

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

22 officers (7 active, 22 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

173 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (57 events)Click to expand

2025-11-27
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accounts · AA
2025-01-07
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officers · CH01
2025-01-07
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officers · CH01
2024-12-04
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accounts · AA
2024-07-11
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officers · TM01
2024-04-06
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JOSLING, Ian Stewart resigned
director
2024-01-17
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officers · AP01
2024-01-17
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officers · TM01
2024-01-17
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-01-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
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HOWELLS, Rhodri Huw Ellis appointed
director
2023-11-21
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MCNALLY, Nigel Bryan resigned
director
2023-04-03
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capital · SH01
2023-04-03
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officers · AP01
2023-01-17
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MCNALLY, Nigel Bryan appointed
director
2022-12-20
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accounts · AA
2022-09-20
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address · AD01
2021-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-16
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-04-16
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officers · AP01
2020-04-16
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officers · AP01
2020-03-27
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GILMAN, Robert John appointed
director
2020-03-27
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THOMAS, Andrew Frederick appointed
director
2020-03-27
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VAUGHAN, John Alun appointed
director
2020-01-01
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ACLAND, Martyn Thomas resigned
director
2020-01-01
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HOCKRIDGE, Karl John resigned
director
2016-05-17
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HOCKRIDGE, Karl John appointed
director
2016-03-31
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HILL, Adrian Michael resigned
director
2015-06-16
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HILL, Jeremy Paul appointed
director
2015-06-16
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MOORE, Richard John resigned
director
2010-04-01
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ACLAND, Martyn Thomas appointed
director
2010-03-31
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JACKSON, William Verner resigned
director
2005-03-15
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SEARLE, William James Gordon resigned
director
2004-11-16
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MOORE, Richard John appointed
director
2001-12-31
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HARVEY, Raymond John resigned
director
2000-02-15
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HARVEY, Raymond John appointed
director
1999-12-31
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VINING, Keith Gerald resigned
director
1997-11-18
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JOSLING, Ian Stewart appointed
secretary
1997-11-18
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SEARLE, William James Gordon resigned
secretary
1997-10-21
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HARRIS, Donald resigned
director
1996-10-15
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HARRIS, Donald appointed
director
1995-09-19
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PALMER, Sarah Anne appointed
director
1995-09-19
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GREENHAM, Dennis Evelyn resigned
director
1994-07-19
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HOOPER, David Graham resigned
director
1994-07-19
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JACKSON, William Verner appointed
director
1994-06-15
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HOOPER, David Graham resigned
secretary
1994-06-15
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SEARLE, William James Gordon appointed
secretary
1993-01-29
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Company incorporated
As CI WALES AND WEST LIMITED

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Incorporated1993-01-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46439 — SIC 46439

Registered office

7 Castle Street

Bridgwater

Somerset

TA6 3DT

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31