CWTCH CAFE BUILTH WELLS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11520857 · ltd · incorporated 2018-08-16
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 56210Event catering activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.1y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.1 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £55.7k |
| Current assets | — | £41.3k |
| Net assets | — | £1.2k |
| Average employees | 100 | — |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-06-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Dbw Investments (10) Limited
- 2022-05-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-09-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-09-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-08-31➖ARROWSMITH, Debra resigneddirector
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-15📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-08-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-07-20➕ARROWSMITH, Debra appointeddirector
- 2018-08-16🏢Company incorporatedAs CWTCH CAFE BUILTH WELLS LIMITED
- 2018-08-16➕MURDOCK, Jamie Scott appointeddirector
- 2018-08-16➕POWNEY, Keith Roy appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Keith Roy Powney Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/08/2018 |
Mr Jamie Scott Murdock Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/08/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Debra Arrowsmithceased 31/08/2021· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-08-16
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Registered office
6a Broad Street
Builth Wells
LD2 3DT
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MURDOCK, Jamie Scott→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2018-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
POWNEY, Keith Roy→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2018-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ARROWSMITH, Debra→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2019-07-20 · resigned 2021-08-31
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Dbw Investments (10) Dbw Investments (10) Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 23/06/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (27 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23