BONTDDU PROPERTIES LTD

🌳Matureactive

05218592 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-31

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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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of trade unions

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-02-09
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2025-05-29
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2024-05-31
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2023-05-31
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2022-05-26
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2021-05-25
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2020-06-02
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2019-05-20
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2018-09-12
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2018-05-31
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2017-05-18
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2016-04-25
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2015-09-28
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2004-08-31
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Company incorporated
As BONTDDU PROPERTIES LTD
2004-08-31
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BALL, Michael James appointed
secretary
2004-08-31
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BALL, Margaretta Haulwen appointed
director
2004-08-31
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BALL, Michael James appointed
director
2004-08-31
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
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2004-08-31
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
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2004-08-31
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
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2004-08-31
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 78 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 22 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael James Ball Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/05/2016
Margaretta Haulwen Ball Individual · British · DOB 08/1949 · age 77	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/05/2016

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

Incorporated2004-08-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94200 — Activities of trade unions

Registered office

The Old Convent, Llanbadarn Road

Aberystwyth

Dyfed

SY23 1WX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-14

Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BALL, Michael James→

secretary · appointed 2004-08-31

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BALL, Margaretta Haulwen→

director · ~77y · appointed 2004-08-31

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Active

BALL, Michael James→

director · ~78y · appointed 2004-08-31

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2004-08-31

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2004-08-31

Resigned

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