CAPITAL AIR CONDITIONING (WALES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07747855 · ltd · incorporated 2011-08-22

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£7.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35300

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -53% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £7,814

Net assets shrinking

Down £9,579 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 53% YoY

Cash YoY

-53%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£9k

↓ 53% YoY

Net Worth

£8k

↓ 55% YoY

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Total assets	£7.8k	£17.4k
Cash	£8.6k	£18.4k
Net assets	£7.8k	£17.4k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-06-04
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2024-07-16
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accounts · AA
2023-06-14
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accounts · AA
2022-05-03
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accounts · AA
2021-05-04
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accounts · AA
2020-04-27
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accounts · AA
2019-06-03
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accounts · AA
2019-02-12
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address · AD01
2019-01-30
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accounts · AA
2019-01-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-01-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-08-24
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ROPER, Brian Vaughan appointed
director
2017-08-24
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officers · AP01
2016-06-10
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accounts · AA
2015-08-24
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2011-08-22
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Company incorporated
As CAPITAL AIR CONDITIONING (WALES) LIMITED
2011-08-22
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ROPER, Jayne Ruth appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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 age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Jayne Ruth Roper Individual · Welsh · DOB 08/1965 · age 61	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	22/08/2016

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

Incorporated2011-08-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

24 Glan-Y-Nant Terrace

Cardiff

CF14 1AN

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-28

Last: 2026-05-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ROPER, Brian Vaughan→

director · ~69y · appointed 2017-08-24

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ROPER, Jayne Ruth→

director · ~61y · appointed 2011-08-22

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