AFON GOCH CHILDREN'S HOMES LTD

🌳Matureactive
04454425 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-05
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 23.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£357.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other residential care activities n.e.c.
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.5y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.5 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: 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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
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
80 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 £357,778

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
Net Worth
£358k
Current Assets
£373k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-31
Total assets£361.1k
Current assets£373.1k
Cash£17.6k
Debtors£355.6k
Net assets£357.8k

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
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2026-06-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-24
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  6. 2022-07-29
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  7. 2021-10-25
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  8. 2020-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-06-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2020-06-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-06-05
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-26
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-05-03
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-08-20
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2014-06-06
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2007-03-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2006-10-05
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    IRVING, Louise appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-10-05
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    PIGEON, Robert Antony appointed
    director
  21. 2006-10-05
    ➖
    TURNER, Zoe resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-05-26
    ➖
    TURNER, Paul Leslie resigned
    director
  23. 2004-08-01
    ➕
    IRVING, Louise appointed
    director
  24. 2004-08-01
    ➖
    BOYES, Stephen resigned
    secretary
  25. 2004-08-01
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    TURNER, Zoe appointed
    secretary
  26. 2003-01-01
    ➖
    WEST, Nigel resigned
    director
  27. 2002-12-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  28. 2002-06-05
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    Company incorporated
    As AFON GOCH CHILDREN'S HOMES LTD
  29. 2002-06-05
    ➕
    BOYES, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  30. 2002-06-05
    ➕
    TURNER, Paul Leslie appointed
    director
  31. 2002-06-05
    ➕
    WEST, Nigel appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Ms Louise Grace Elisabeth Irving
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Robert Antony Pigeon
Individual · British · DOB 09/1944 · age 82
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87900 — Other residential care activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Afon Goch
Deiniolen
Caernarfon
Gwynedd
LL55 3ND

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-19
Last: 2026-06-05

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

IRVING, Louise→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IRVING, Louise→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-08-01
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Active
PIGEON, Robert Antony→
director · ~82y · appointed 2006-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYES, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-05 · resigned 2004-08-01
Resigned
TURNER, Zoe→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-01 · resigned 2006-10-05
Resigned
TURNER, Paul Leslie→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-06-05 · resigned 2005-05-26
Resigned
WEST, Nigel→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-06-05 · resigned 2003-01-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—06/06/2014—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property30/03/200720/08/2014
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property11/12/2002—
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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-09