DARLOW LLOYD GROUP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06640852 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 14.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£2.82M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.0y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £2,824,384
Cash YoY
+408%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£991k
↑ 408% YoY
Net Worth
£2.8m
↑ 8.8% YoY
Current Assets
£2.8m
↓ 8.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.82M | £2.60M |
| Current assets | £2.83M | £3.08M |
| Cash | £991.3k | £195.0k |
| Debtors | £1.84M | £2.88M |
| Net assets | £2.82M | £2.60M |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-08-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-05-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-01➖LLOYD, Janice resigneddirector
- 2022-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-08-14🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Finance Wales Investments (3) LTD
- 2012-07-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2009-06-29➕WILKES LLOYD, Elizabeth Donna appointedsecretary
- 2009-06-29➕LLOYD, Owain Stradling appointeddirector
- 2009-06-29➕LLOYD, Rhys Darlow appointeddirector
- 2009-06-29➖LLOYD, Janice resignedsecretary
- 2008-07-08🏢Company incorporatedAs DARLOW LLOYD GROUP LIMITED
- 2008-07-08➕LLOYD, Robert Darlow appointeddirector
- 2008-07-08➕LLOYD, Janice appointedsecretary
- 2008-07-08➕LLOYD, Janice appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LLOYD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Darlow Lloyd Holdings is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Darlow Lloyd Holdings
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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DARLOW LLOYD GROUP LIMITED
This company · 06640852
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Darlow Lloyd Holdings Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Robert Darlow Lloyd Individual · British · DOB 08/1944 · age 82 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Rhys Darlow Lloyd Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Owain Stradling Lloyd Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Janice Lloydceased 01/01/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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
Incorporated2008-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210
Registered office
Corneldu Mawr Farm
Heol-Y-Cyw
Bridgend
CF35 6HL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-22
Last: 2026-07-08
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
WILKES LLOYD, Elizabeth Donna→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-06-29
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LLOYD, Owain Stradling→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2009-06-29
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LLOYD, Rhys Darlow→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2009-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LLOYD, Robert Darlow→
Activedirector · ~82y · appointed 2008-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LLOYD, Janice→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-07-08 · resigned 2009-06-29
LLOYD, Janice→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · appointed 2008-07-08 · resigned 2023-01-01
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Finance Wales Investments (3) Finance Wales Investments (3) LTD | A registered charge | — | 14/08/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 02/07/2012 | — |
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Recent filings (54 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10