FIREBIRD HEATING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07443722 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-18
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-11-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-12-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-12-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2023-10-24
    ➕
    DOYLE, Mark appointed
    director
  9. 2023-10-24
    ➖
    MURPHY, Colm resigned
    secretary
  10. 2023-10-24
    ➖
    MURPHY, Colm resigned
    director
  11. 2023-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-12-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2010-11-19
    ➕
    COLLINS, Patrick appointed
    director
  20. 2010-11-19
    ➕
    MURPHY, Colm appointed
    secretary
  21. 2010-11-19
    ➖
    POREMA LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2010-11-19
    ➖
    KAVANAGH, Sean resigned
    director
  23. 2010-11-19
    ➕
    MURPHY, Colm appointed
    director
  24. 2010-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As FIREBIRD HEATING LIMITED
  25. 2010-11-18
    ➕
    POREMA LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2010-11-18
    ➕
    KAVANAGH, Sean appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
Gerard Kinnane
Individual · Irish · DOB 11/1946 · age 80
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Colm Murphy
Individual · Irish · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/11/2018

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
Incorporated2010-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

Phoenix House Eastern Wood Road
Langage Industrial Estate
Plympton
Plymouth
PL7 5ET

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

COLLINS, Patrick→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOYLE, Mark→
director · ~57y · appointed 2023-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURPHY, Colm→
secretary · appointed 2010-11-19 · resigned 2023-10-24
Resigned
POREMA LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-11-18 · resigned 2010-11-19
Resigned
KAVANAGH, Sean→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-11-18 · resigned 2010-11-19
Resigned
MURPHY, Colm→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-11-19 · resigned 2023-10-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-25