BRODYR JAMES CYFYNGEDIG

🌳Matureactive
04659032 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-06
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-05
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-03-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-03-01
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    MCERLEAN, Tegwen Ann appointed
    director
  6. 2024-03-01
    ➕
    OWEN, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
    director
  7. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-02-27
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    JAMES, Thomas Morgan Gwynfor resigned
    director
  12. 2021-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-02-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2003-02-06
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    Company incorporated
    As BRODYR JAMES CYFYNGEDIG
  20. 2003-02-06
    ➕
    JAMES, David Elwyn appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-02-06
    ➕
    JAMES, David Elwyn appointed
    director
  22. 2003-02-06
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-02-06
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-02-06
    ➕
    JAMES, Thomas Morgan Gwynfor appointed
    director
  25. 2003-02-06
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-02-06
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JAMES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Elwyn James
Individual · British · DOB 06/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Thomas Morgan Gwynfor Jamesceased 27/02/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2003-02-06
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Glanyrafon Garage, Llangeitho
Tregaron
Ceredigion
Wales
SY25 6TT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

JAMES, David Elwyn→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-06
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Active
JAMES, David Elwyn→
director · ~79y · appointed 2003-02-06
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Active
MCERLEAN, Tegwen Ann→
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OWEN, Margaret Elizabeth→
director · ~59y · appointed 2024-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-06 · resigned 2003-02-06
Resigned
JAMES, Thomas Morgan Gwynfor→
director · ~88y · appointed 2003-02-06 · resigned 2022-02-27
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-06 · resigned 2003-02-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-16