A Y D LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05660556 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-21

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 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 15.7y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 15.7 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 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

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Average employees	700	700

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-05-08
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accounts · AA
2026-05-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-13
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GRIFFITHS, Deborah resigned
secretary
2025-02-13
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officers · TM02
2025-02-12
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accounts · AA
2025-02-10
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GRIFFITHS, Cai Ioan appointed
director
2025-02-10
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GRIFFITHS, Deborah appointed
director
2025-02-10
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GRIFFITHS, Megan Eira appointed
director
2025-02-10
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GRIFFITHS, Owain Gawain appointed
director
2025-02-10
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officers · AP01
2025-02-10
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officers · AP01
2025-02-10
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officers · AP01
2025-02-10
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officers · AP01
2025-02-10
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-01
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accounts · AA
2020-02-27
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mortgage · MR04
2020-02-27
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Charge satisfied #3
2019-11-26
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accounts · AA
2019-10-09
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mortgage · MR01
2019-10-09
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bluerock Secured Finance Limited
2010-12-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2010-11-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2008-06-03
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BIBBY, Peter John resigned
director
2007-01-07
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BIBBY, Peter John appointed
director
2006-01-20
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GRIFFITHS, Stephen appointed
director
2006-01-20
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GRIFFITHS, Deborah appointed
secretary
2006-01-20
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SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-01-20
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SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
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2005-12-21
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Company incorporated
As A Y D LIMITED
2005-12-21
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SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-12-21
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SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GRIFFITHS, Cai Ioan (same surname) appointed 2025-02-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Deborah Griffiths Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/05/2026
Mr Stephen Griffiths Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-12-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 32 Llys Edmund Prys

St Asaph Business Park

St Asaph

Denbighshire

LL17 0JA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-10

Last: 2026-03-27