AFON LLAN LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14620868 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-27
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does

Activity is unclear from the generic SIC code (99999); registered under extraterritorial bodies with dormant and micro-entity filings, this appears to be a shell or holding vehicle with minimal operational activity, potentially linked to Welsh interests suggested by its name.

Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees400

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-02-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-01-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AFON LLAN LIMITED
  5. 2023-01-27
    THOMAS, Gloria appointed
    director
  6. 2023-01-27
    THOMAS, Owen Wynne appointed
    director
  7. 2023-01-27
    THOMAS, Rhodri Wynne appointed
    director
  8. 2023-01-27
    WILLIAMS, Rhianydd appointed
    director
  9. 2023-01-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — THOMAS, Rhodri Wynne (same surname) appointed 2023-01-27. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

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

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

5 Waun Sterw Rhyd Y Fro
Pontardawe
Swansea
West Glamorgan
SA8 4NF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

THOMAS, Gloria
director · ~78y · appointed 2023-01-27
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Active
THOMAS, Owen Wynne
director · ~77y · appointed 2023-01-27
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Active
THOMAS, Rhodri Wynne
director · ~51y · appointed 2023-01-27
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Active
WILLIAMS, Rhianydd
director · ~50y · appointed 2023-01-27
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-01-27