BLAS AR FWYD CYF
🌳Matureactive
04692699 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-11
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
£658.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 20.1y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £658,268
Net assets shrinking
Down £127,689 YoY
Cash YoY
-16%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£72k
↓ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£658k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£999k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £978.9k | £1.07M |
| Current assets | £999.1k | £1.12M |
| Cash | £72.0k | £86.0k |
| Debtors | £476.5k | £590.3k |
| Net assets | £658.3k | £786.0k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 capital
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 capital
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-02-26📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2026-02-19📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-11-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-11-01➕DEINIOL, Nia Rhiannon appointeddirector
- 2025-11-01➕DEINIOL, Osian appointeddirector
- 2024-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2006-04-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2003-03-13➕DAFYDD, Chandra appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-13➕AP DAFYDD, Deiniol appointeddirector
- 2003-03-13➕DAFYDD, Chandra appointeddirector
- 2003-03-13➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-13➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-03-11🏢Company incorporatedAs BLAS AR FWYD CYF
- 2003-03-11➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-11➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Deiniol Ap Dafydd Individual · Welsh · DOB 05/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Chandra Sally Dafydd Individual · English · DOB 03/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Chandra Sally Dafyddceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890
Registered office
25 Heol Yr Orsaf
Llanrwst
LL26 0BT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13
Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)
Active
AP DAFYDD, Deiniol→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2003-03-13
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DAFYDD, Chandra→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2003-03-13
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DEINIOL, Nia Rhiannon→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2025-11-01
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DEINIOL, Osian→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2025-11-01
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-11 · resigned 2003-03-13
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-11 · resigned 2003-03-13
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 08/04/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (64 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-29
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2026-02-26
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23