CARYLAND LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07579799 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2011-03-28
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (7 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-31➕DIEBEL, Georgia appointeddirector
- 2025-03-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-06-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-06-15➖YOUINGS, Andrew Neil resigneddirector
- 2024-04-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-03-20➕BOYLAN, Nicola Jacqueline appointeddirector
- 2021-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-10➖LIVINGSTON, William Andrew resigneddirector
- 2019-11-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-06-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2013-03-20➕YOUINGS, Andrew Neil appointeddirector
- 2011-09-06➕GARDEN, Roderick Finlay appointeddirector
- 2011-09-06➕LIVINGSTON, William Andrew appointeddirector
- 2011-08-26➕CABLE-ALEXANDER, Melanie Jane appointeddirector
- 2011-08-26➕FOWLER, Christopher Gordon appointeddirector
- 2011-03-28🏢Company incorporatedAs CARYLAND LIMITED
- 2011-03-28➕DE BOSDARI, Julian David Cosmo appointedsecretary
- 2011-03-28➕DE BOSDARI, Julian David Cosmo appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- 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.)
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Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2011-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Avalon House
South Street
Castle Cary
Somerset
BA7 7ES
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28
Officers (7 active · 2 resigned)
DE BOSDARI, Julian David Cosmo→
Activesecretary · appointed 2011-03-28
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BOYLAN, Nicola Jacqueline→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2022-03-20
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CABLE-ALEXANDER, Melanie Jane→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2011-08-26
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DE BOSDARI, Julian David Cosmo→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2011-03-28
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DIEBEL, Georgia→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2025-03-31
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FOWLER, Christopher Gordon→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2011-08-26
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GARDEN, Roderick Finlay→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2011-09-06
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LIVINGSTON, William Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2011-09-06 · resigned 2019-11-10
YOUINGS, Andrew Neil→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2013-03-20 · resigned 2024-06-15
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Recent filings (41 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-04