BRYN VILLA FARM LTD
🌳Matureactive
10073981 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-21
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
£-44.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
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 (68/100, director aged 68). 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
22 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £44,180
Cash YoY
-16%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£116
↓ 16% YoY
Net Worth
-£44k
↓ 9.9% YoY
Current Assets
£116
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-44.2k | £-40.2k |
| Current assets | £116 | £138 |
| Cash | £116 | £138 |
| Net assets | £-44.2k | £-40.2k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-09📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2026-03-26📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-21🏢Company incorporatedAs BRYN VILLA FARM LTD
- 2016-03-21➕BRAND, Antony George appointeddirector
- 2016-03-21➕BRAND, Karen Ann appointeddirector
- 2016-03-21📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Antony George Brand Individual · English · DOB 01/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Karen Ann Brand Individual · English · DOB 04/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-03-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Bryn Villa
Llangwnadl
Pwllheli
Gwynedd
LL53 8NU
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BRAND, Antony George→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2016-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRAND, Karen Ann→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2016-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (22 total)
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-01