ARFON DWYFOR TRAINING (WBL) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14138403 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-27
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£242.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Post-secondary non-tertiary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -41% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £242,631
Net assets shrinking
Down £50,233 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 41% YoY
Cash YoY
-41%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£227k
↓ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£243k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£244k
↓ 55% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£108k£215k£323k£431k£538kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£242.6k£292.9k
Current assets£243.8k£538.3k
Cash£226.7k£385.2k
Debtors£17.2k£153.1k
Net assets£242.6k£292.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-03-19
    CORKISH, Ronald Saunders appointed
    director
  4. 2025-04-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-01-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-29
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2022-05-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARFON DWYFOR TRAINING (WBL) LIMITED
  9. 2022-05-27
    JAMES, Graham Douglas appointed
    secretary
  10. 2022-05-27
    ROBERTS, Alan appointed
    director
  11. 2022-05-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

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

Group structure

Arfon Dwyfor Training Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Arfon Dwyfor Training Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ARFON DWYFOR TRAINING (WBL) LIMITED
This company · 14138403

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Arfon Dwyfor Training Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/05/2022

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
Incorporated2022-05-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85410 — Post-secondary non-tertiary education

Registered office

Watergate House
85 Watergate Street
Chester
CH1 2LF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-09
Last: 2026-05-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

JAMES, Graham Douglas
secretary · appointed 2022-05-27
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Active
CORKISH, Ronald Saunders
director · ~56y · appointed 2026-03-19
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Active
ROBERTS, Alan
director · ~56y · appointed 2022-05-27
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-27