Western Ground Rents Ltd

Since last assessment

14 October 2026 to 1 November 2026

Our reading: Since 14 October 2026, 17 emails are on file: 14 sent, 3 received (1 with content, 2 automatic acknowledgements). The response status is unchanged: “Enquiries go to other bodies (company records)”. Most material: 30 October 2026, received, fee or clarification demand (ref COH2382411X): [Companies House] Reply repeats the standard guidance: free online filing history for company 09760885 (Western Ground Rents Limited, the current company of that name), £3 per document from paper records, £9 per document for accounts or annual returns filed before 1973, £20 for an archive DVD of filings to 2002, card payment by telephone only. It does not answer the questions on the 1926 Cardiff Corporation conveyance, Mountjoy Ltd formation records, the 25 Dec 1938 conveyance or preservation. Next date on file: 12 November 2026. Nothing here changes the earlier current finding unless stated above; this is a log of contact, not a finding about any person.

1. 20 October 2026Sentrequest

   [Government Legal Department (Bona Vacantia)] The requester asks whether bona vacantia records show any property or interest of a dissolved company vested in or referred to the Crown at Llandough.

2. 21 October 2026Sentclarification given

   [Government Legal Department (Bona Vacantia)] The requester follows up.

3. 29 October 2026Sentclarification given

   [Government Legal Department (Bona Vacantia)] Further search terms for FOIR26#25631/1 (Western Ground Rents Ltd, 00342092).

4. 29 October 2026Sentcorrespondence (no disclosure)ref COH2382411X

   [Companies House] Follow-up asks whether three records are held: a 1926 conveyance to Cardiff Corporation, the formation and company records of Mountjoy Ltd, and a conveyance on sale of 25 December 1938 to Western Ground Rents Ltd. Asks Companies House to confirm the correct company numbers (09760885 and 00342092 both quoted in earlier correspondence), name the custodian and series of each record, state the searches made, and preserve the records while the enquiry is open.

5. 29 October 2026Sentfollow-upref GHF/HENEB/2026-09-20

   [Heneb (formerly GGAT) / Historic Environment Record] Follow-up asking whether the HER holds or can point to three title records: the 1926 Cardiff Corporation conveyance, Mountjoy Ltd records and the 25 Dec 1938 Western Ground Rents Ltd conveyance.

6. 29 October 2026Sentcorrespondence (no disclosure)ref 9816877

   [National Library of Wales] Follow-up to enquiry 9816877 asks whether the Library holds or has held the 1926 Cardiff Corporation conveyance, Mountjoy Ltd formation records and the 25 December 1938 conveyance to Western Ground Rents Ltd (originals, copies, plans or references), which catalogues were checked (including GB 0210 BUTE, D153 and D219), and asks for the records to be preserved.

7. 29 October 2026Sentrequest

   [Forest of Cardiff (registered charity)] Asks the charity to check its acquisition and title records (including the 1994 acquisition file) for the 1926 conveyance to Cardiff Corporation and plan, the 1926 Mountjoy Ltd formation records and the 25 Dec 1938 conveyance to Western Ground Rents Ltd and plan, and to name any present custodian.

8. 29 October 2026Sentpreservation notice

   [Capital Law] Preservation notice asking that any Mountjoy Ltd, Cardiff Corporation and Western Ground Rents Ltd files be kept and their custody confirmed, after the Glamorgan Archives catalogue listed Western Ground Rents papers as collection D696.

9. 30 October 2026Receivedfee or clarification demandref COH2382411X

   [Companies House] Reply repeats the standard guidance: free online filing history for company 09760885 (Western Ground Rents Limited, the current company of that name), £3 per document from paper records, £9 per document for accounts or annual returns filed before 1973, £20 for an archive DVD of filings to 2002, card payment by telephone only. It does not answer the questions on the 1926 Cardiff Corporation conveyance, Mountjoy Ltd formation records, the 25 Dec 1938 conveyance or preservation.

10. 31 October 2026Sentclarification givenref FOIR26#25631/1

    [Government Legal Department (Bona Vacantia)] FOIR26#25631/1: asks for Mountjoy Limited and the title records to be added within the same search, and treated as a preservation notice.

11. 31 October 2026Sentfollow-up

    [BP] Replies to BP's 23 Oct 2026 email: asks BP to identify and preserve title deeds and Western Ground Rents records; not a disclosure request.

12. 31 October 2026Sentrequest

    [The National Archives] New records enquiry, separate from CAS-356384: Mountjoy Limited, Western Ground Rents Ltd (00342092) and related LT 13 records; reply asked by 12 Nov 2026.

13. 31 October 2026Sentrequest

    [Glamorgan Archives] Asks for a search for Mountjoy Ltd, the 1926 Cardiff Corporation conveyance and the 25 Dec 1938 conveyance to Western Ground Rents, building on refs 2026/3793, 2026/4097b and 2026/4461.

14. 31 October 2026Sentfollow-upref COH2382411X

    [Companies House] Follow-up to the 12 Oct 2026 reply (COH2382411X): two corrections and a new request for Mountjoy Limited and Western Ground Rents Limited (00342092) company records; reply asked by 12 Nov 2026.

15. 31 October 2026Sentpreservation notice

    [Mount Stuart (Bute archive)] Preservation and records request for Mountjoy Ltd, the 1926 Cardiff Corporation conveyance and the 25 Dec 1938 conveyance to Western Ground Rents; notes the 23 Aug 2026 enquiry bounced from the old archive address.

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