BRIDGEND VALLEYS RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02897214 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1994-02-11

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

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49100

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

79 officers (2 active, 79 linked, 73 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

244 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (177 events)Click to expand

2026-05-27
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2026-05-20
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STINTON, Malcolm, Rev resigned
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2025-07-16
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2024-10-14
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2024-09-21
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BERRY, Christopher John resigned
director
2024-08-18
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2023-08-16
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2023-04-14
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BOWDLER, Andrew Hope appointed
director
2023-03-31
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DYCKHOFF, Owen Rodger resigned
director
2023-03-31
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GEORGE, David resigned
director
2023-03-31
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HAYWARD, James Lee resigned
director
2023-03-31
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LINES, Gordon resigned
director
2023-03-31
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PEARCE, Stephen resigned
director
2022-11-11
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2022-09-16
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HOADE, Christopher James resigned
director
2022-07-08
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2022-06-01
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2022-05-30
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HAYWARD, James Lee appointed
director
2022-05-24
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2022-05-24
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2022-05-22
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2021-09-30
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2021-09-18
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BOWDLER, Andrew Hope resigned
director
2021-09-18
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GEORGE, David appointed
director
2021-09-18
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HOADE, Christopher James appointed
director
2021-08-11
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2021-07-02
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BERRY, Christopher John appointed
director
2020-09-01
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STINTON, Philip Charles appointed
director
2020-09-01
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DYCKHOFF, Owen Rodger appointed
director
2019-12-24
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STAPLES, Jonathon resigned
director
2019-12-21
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PRITCHARD, Andrew Clive resigned
director
2019-12-20
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WILLIAMS, William Desmond Colin resigned
director
2019-09-23
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COUGHLAN, May resigned
director
2019-09-23
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FOX, Michael Robert resigned
director
2019-09-23
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GEORGE, David, Mr. resigned
director
2019-09-23
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JONES, Dewi Rhys resigned
director
2019-09-23
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PRITCHARD, Andrew Clive appointed
director
2019-09-23
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STAPLES, Jonathon appointed
director
2019-09-23
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WILLIAMS, William Desmond Colin appointed
director
2019-05-14
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HAINES, Gareth Richard resigned
director
2019-04-16
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SWINBANK, Peter Alan Jonathan resigned
director
2018-12-31
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OWEN, Alexander David resigned
director
2018-09-22
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BALL, Barrie resigned
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1994-02-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49100 — SIC 49100

Registered office

Pontycymer Locomotive Works Old Station Yard

Pontycymer

Bridgend

CF32 8AZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-30

Last: 2026-05-16

Officers (2 active · 77 resigned)

BOWDLER, Andrew Hope→

director · ~70y · appointed 2023-04-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

STINTON, Philip Charles→

director · ~49y · appointed 2020-09-01

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Active

BENYON, Richard Mcmillin→

secretary · appointed 1995-03-01 · resigned 1997-02-25

Resigned

GUERIN, Joan Evelin→

secretary · appointed 2001-08-02 · resigned 2004-03-12

Resigned

LEACH, John Henry William→

secretary · appointed 1999-06-29 · resigned 2008-10-31

Resigned

PEASE, Michael Allan→

secretary · appointed 1997-02-25 · resigned 1999-05-18

Resigned

PEASE, Michael Allan→

secretary · appointed 1994-02-11 · resigned 1995-03-01

Resigned

THOMAS, Adrian Robert→

secretary · appointed 2009-06-20 · resigned 2010-03-31

Resigned

ADAMS, Chris→

director · ~84y · appointed 2012-04-16 · resigned 2015-09-19

Resigned

ADAMS, Chris→

director · ~84y · appointed 2010-12-04 · resigned 2011-09-10

Resigned

BALL, Barrie→

director · ~78y · appointed 2012-06-01 · resigned 2018-09-22

Resigned

BARKER, Dudley Eric Reynolds→

director · ~85y · appointed 2001-08-02 · resigned 2002-08-18

Resigned

BARTON, Graham→

director · ~61y · appointed 1994-02-11 · resigned 1998-04-28

Resigned

BENYON, Richard Mcmillin→

director · ~63y · appointed 1998-04-28 · resigned 1998-08-25

Resigned

BENYON, Richard Mcmillin→

director · ~63y · appointed 1995-03-01 · resigned 1995-08-25

Resigned

BERRY, Christopher John→

director · ~68y · appointed 2021-07-02 · resigned 2024-09-21

Resigned

BOWDLER, Andrew Hope→

director · ~70y · appointed 2018-09-22 · resigned 2021-09-18

Resigned

BOWDLER, Andrew Hope→

director · ~70y · appointed 2010-12-04 · resigned 2017-09-23

Resigned

COUGHLAN, May→

director · ~33y · appointed 2017-09-23 · resigned 2019-09-23

Resigned

DAVIES, Dawn→

director · ~63y · appointed 2007-12-12 · resigned 2014-06-17

Resigned

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Recent filings (244 total)

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2026-05-28

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2026-05-27

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2025-07-16

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-17

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officers · TM01

2024-10-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-18

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-22

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accounts · AA

2023-08-16

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-19

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officers · TM01

2023-05-16

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officers · AP01

2023-05-16

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2023-05-16

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2023-05-16

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