CASTLE WOOD DINAS POWYS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15739121 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2024-05-24
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 May 2026
Net worth
£4.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
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
5 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,198
Net assets shrinking
Down £208 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£4k
↓ 4.7% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 4.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£881£2k£3k£4k£4kMay 2025May 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-05-312025-05-31
Total assets£4.2k£4.4k
Current assets£4.2k£4.4k
Net assets£4.2k£4.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CASTLE WOOD DINAS POWYS LTD
  4. 2024-05-24
    TARNEY, Paul Francis appointed
    director
  5. 2024-05-24
    THOMAS, Owain Rhys appointed
    director
  6. 2024-05-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Owain Rhys Thomas
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%25-50% voting24/05/2024
Mr Paul Francis Tarney
Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57
25–50%25-50% voting24/05/2024

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2024-05-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

17 Lettons Way
Dinas Powys
CF64 4BY
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-02-29
Last made up to: 2026-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TARNEY, Paul Francis
director · ~57y · appointed 2024-05-24
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Active
THOMAS, Owain Rhys
director · ~66y · appointed 2024-05-24
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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-24