ABERYSTWYTH LIBERAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05389456 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-03-11

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 20.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active 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. 3 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

3 live charges · oldest 20.5y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	400	400

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2025-09-24
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accounts · AA
2025-09-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-14
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officers · AP01
2020-08-14
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officers · AP01
2020-08-14
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officers · AP03
2020-04-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-20
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-04-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-20
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-04-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-04-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-04-01
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WILLIAMS, Helen Refna appointed
secretary
2020-04-01
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REES-EVANS, David Rowland appointed
director
2020-04-01
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WILLIAMS, Mark Fraser appointed
director
2020-03-31
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KOLCZAK, Carol Ann resigned
secretary
2020-03-31
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JONES, John David Rowland, Councillor resigned
director
2020-03-31
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KOLCZAK, Carol Ann resigned
director
2020-03-31
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KOLCZAK, Kristopher David resigned
director
2019-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2008-06-01
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GRIFFITHS, Eric John resigned
director
2006-01-07
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2005-11-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2005-11-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2005-03-11
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Company incorporated
As ABERYSTWYTH LIBERAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED
2005-03-11
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WOODS, Michael John, Dr appointed
director
2005-03-11
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KOLCZAK, Carol Ann appointed
secretary
2005-03-11
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GRIFFITHS, Eric John appointed
director
2005-03-11
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JONES, John David Rowland, Councillor appointed
director
2005-03-11
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KOLCZAK, Carol Ann appointed
director
2005-03-11
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KOLCZAK, Kristopher David appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Michael John Woods Individual · British · DOB 06/1972 · age 54	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	31/03/2020

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Kristopher David Kolczakceased 31/03/2020· significant influence
Mrs Carol Ann Kolczakceased 31/03/2020· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2005-03-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

32 North Parade

Aberystwyth

SY23 2NF

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Helen Refna→

secretary · appointed 2020-04-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

REES-EVANS, David Rowland→

director · ~65y · appointed 2020-04-01

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Active

WILLIAMS, Mark Fraser→

director · ~60y · appointed 2020-04-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WOODS, Michael John, Dr→

director · ~54y · appointed 2005-03-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KOLCZAK, Carol Ann→

secretary · appointed 2005-03-11 · resigned 2020-03-31

Resigned

GRIFFITHS, Eric John→

director · ~83y · appointed 2005-03-11 · resigned 2008-06-01

Resigned

JONES, John David Rowland, Councillor→

director · ~93y · appointed 2005-03-11 · resigned 2020-03-31

Resigned

KOLCZAK, Carol Ann→

director · ~80y · appointed 2005-03-11 · resigned 2020-03-31

Resigned

KOLCZAK, Kristopher David→

director · ~81y · appointed 2005-03-11 · resigned 2020-03-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	07/01/2006	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	30/11/2005	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	30/11/2005	—

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-24

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-09-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-11-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-11-19

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2020-08-14

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2020-08-14