YARDLEY, WILLIAMS & JONES HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07075311 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-13
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.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-582
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45400
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 £582
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,392 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£582
↓ 107% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£582£2k£5k£8k£11k£14kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-582£9.3k
Current assets—£13.9k
Cash—£13.4k
Net assets£-582£7.8k

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
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 change-of-name
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
9
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-07-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-07-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-07-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-07-14
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2026-03-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2026-03-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2026-03-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2026-03-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-11-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As YARDLEY, WILLIAMS & JONES HOLDINGS LIMITED
  19. 2009-11-13
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Lesley appointed
    director
  20. 2009-11-13
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Philip Ivor appointed
    director
  21. 2009-11-13
    ➕
    WARMISHAM, Barry Charles appointed
    director
  22. 2009-11-13
    ➖
    WARMISHAM, Barry Charles 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WILLIAMS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-07-14: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lesley Williams
Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Philip Ivor Williams
Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45400 — SIC 45400

Registered office

25 Grosvenor Road
Wrexham
LL11 1BT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Lesley→
director · ~73y · appointed 2009-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMS, Philip Ivor→
director · ~73y · appointed 2009-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARMISHAM, Barry Charles→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-11-13 · resigned 2009-11-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-17
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24