CARDIFF VINEYARD

🌳Matureactive

06669648 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2008-08-11

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 4.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£397.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of religious organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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 4.0y

60/100

clean up first

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

· Charge age ~4.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £397,180

Cash YoY

+71%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£280k

↑ 71% YoY

Net Worth

£397k

↑ 50% YoY

Current Assets

£293k

↑ 56% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£866.0k	£759.5k
Current assets	£293.5k	£187.7k
Cash	£280.1k	£163.8k
Debtors	£13.4k	£23.8k
Net assets	£397.2k	£264.1k

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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
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officers · AP01
2025-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
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BRIND, Clarissa Ann appointed
director
2024-04-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
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address · AD01
2023-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-03
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mortgage · MR01
2022-08-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-08-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Kingdom Bank Limited
2022-08-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Gate Trust Limited
2022-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-08-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-06-07
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DOUGLAS, Sophie resigned
director
2018-05-15
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BOLTMAN, Sara Jane appointed
director
2018-04-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-03
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DOUGLAS, Sophie appointed
director
2016-12-12
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SCUTT, Philip James resigned
director
2016-06-09
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KISSICK, Robert William appointed
director
2016-06-09
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NEWPORT, Michael James resigned
director
2014-11-18
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HARGREAVES, Joseph John Beaumont appointed
director
2008-08-11
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Company incorporated
As CARDIFF VINEYARD
2008-08-11
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RANKINE, Bruce Douglas appointed
secretary
2008-08-11
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RANKINE, Bruce Douglas appointed
director
2008-08-11
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RANKINE, James Gordon appointed
director
2008-08-11
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NEWPORT, Michael James appointed
director
2008-08-11
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SCUTT, Philip James appointed
director

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2008-08-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94910 — Activities of religious organisations

Registered office

The Gate

Keppoch Street

Cardiff

CF24 3JW

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-25

Last: 2025-08-11