CANOLFAN ARWERTHIANT BRYNCIR CYF

🌳Matureactive
04281615 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-04
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£1.28M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
70 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,284,833
Cash YoY
+74%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£410k
↑ 74% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£291k£581k£872k£1.2m£1.5mJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£1.37M£1.27M
Current assets£1.45M£1.28M
Cash£409.9k£236.0k
Debtors£945.9k£949.6k
Net assets£1.28M£1.17M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2024-11-01
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    ELLIS, Iolo Pierce resigned
    director
  4. 2024-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-05-26
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2021-05-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  11. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-01
    ➕
    ELLIS, Iolo Pierce appointed
    director
  13. 2019-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-21
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  17. 2016-12-21
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  18. 2001-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As CANOLFAN ARWERTHIANT BRYNCIR CYF
  19. 2001-09-04
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, John Lloyd appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-09-04
    ➕
    HUGHES, John Huw appointed
    director
  21. 2001-09-04
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, John Lloyd appointed
    director
  22. 2001-09-04
    ➕
    UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-09-04
    ➖
    UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-09-04
    ➕
    UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2001-09-04
    ➖
    UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Huw Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr John Lloyd Williams
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-09-04
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC46110 — Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods

Registered office

Canolfan Arwerthiant Bryncir Cyf
The Old Police Station
Gaerwen
Anglesey
LL60 6BL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-08-09
Last: 2026-07-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WILLIAMS, John Lloyd→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-04
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Active
HUGHES, John Huw→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-09-04
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Active
WILLIAMS, John Lloyd→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-04 · resigned 2001-09-04
Resigned
ELLIS, Iolo Pierce→
director · ~56y · appointed 2020-02-01 · resigned 2024-11-01
Resigned
UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-04 · resigned 2001-09-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property25/05/2021—
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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-05-26