BRYN JONES PROPERTY SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive
05922591 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-01
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-5.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,720
Cash YoY
+49%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
↑ 49% YoY
Net Worth
-£6k
↑ 7.8% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£6k-£3k£535£4k£7k£11kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-5.7k£-6.2k
Current assets£10.6k£8.3k
Cash£7.1k£4.8k
Debtors£2.1k£2.1k
Net assets£-5.7k£-6.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-11-23
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  3. 2024-11-23
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  4. 2024-11-19
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  5. 2023-11-19
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  6. 2022-12-30
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  7. 2021-10-28
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  8. 2020-09-08
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  9. 2019-10-21
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  10. 2018-09-10
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  11. 2017-09-10
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  12. 2016-05-23
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  13. 2015-10-18
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  14. 2015-05-06
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  15. 2014-09-29
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  16. 2006-09-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BRYN JONES PROPERTY SERVICES LTD
  17. 2006-09-01
    ➕
    JONES, Carolyn Miranda appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-09-01
    ➕
    JONES, Bryn appointed
    director
  19. 2006-09-01
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    D & D SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2006-09-01
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    D & D SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2006-09-01
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    DWYER, Daniel James appointed
    director
  22. 2006-09-01
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    DWYER, Daniel James resigned
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JONES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bryn Jones
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
——board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest01/09/2016
Mrs Carolyn Miranda Jones
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
——board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest01/09/2016

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
Incorporated2006-09-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98200 — Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use

Registered office

6 Bryn Crwn, Cwm Y Glo
Caernarfon
Gwynedd
LL55 4DN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

JONES, Carolyn Miranda→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Bryn→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
D & D SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-09-01 · resigned 2006-09-01
Resigned
DWYER, Daniel James→
director · ~51y · appointed 2006-09-01 · resigned 2006-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

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2026-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-23
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-03
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accounts · AA
2022-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-21