RADNOR HILLS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03258545 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-03
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
74 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£20£40£60£80£100May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets—£100
Debtors—£100
Net assets—£100
Average employees100—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-09
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  3. 2025-10-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-10-01
    ➕
    CORNES, Claire Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  5. 2025-10-01
    ➖
    BUTLER, Penelope Susan resigned
    secretary
  6. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-14
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    termination-secretary-company
    officers · TM02
  15. 2017-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-10-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2013-10-03
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    BUTLER, Penelope Susan appointed
    secretary
  19. 2013-10-03
    ➖
    WATKINS, John Walter resigned
    secretary
  20. 1997-10-03
    ➕
    WATKINS, John Walter appointed
    secretary
  21. 1996-11-06
    ➕
    WATKINS, William Walter appointed
    director
  22. 1996-10-08
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1996-10-08
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1996-10-03
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    Company incorporated
    As RADNOR HILLS LIMITED
  25. 1996-10-03
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1996-10-03
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Walter Watkins
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-10-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Heartsease
Knighton
Powys
LD7 1LU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

CORNES, Claire Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2025-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATKINS, William Walter→
director · ~61y · appointed 1996-11-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTLER, Penelope Susan→
secretary · appointed 2013-10-03 · resigned 2025-10-01
Resigned
WATKINS, John Walter→
secretary · appointed 1997-10-03 · resigned 2013-10-03
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-03 · resigned 1996-10-08
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-10-03 · resigned 1996-10-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-10-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-15