IRISH CATTLE BREEDING CENTRE (UK) LIMITED

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09006441 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

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, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-05-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-02-01
    ➕
    CORRIDAN, Doreen appointed
    director
  6. 2024-02-01
    ➖
    EIVERS, Bernard resigned
    director
  7. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-04-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-04-21
    ➕
    KEAVNEY, Kevin appointed
    director
  11. 2023-04-21
    ➖
    GORMAN, Vincent resigned
    director
  12. 2023-04-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2023-03-28
    ➖
    KEANE, Michael resigned
    secretary
  14. 2022-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-08-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2022-07-26
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    change-registered-office-situation-company-with-old-jurisdiction-new-jurisdiction
    address · AD05
  17. 2021-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-12-03
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-10-04
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-10-25
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    accounts · AA
  21. 2017-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2014-07-01
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    GORMAN, Vincent appointed
    director
  23. 2014-07-01
    ➖
    O'DONOVAN, Michael John resigned
    director
  24. 2014-04-23
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    Company incorporated
    As IRISH CATTLE BREEDING CENTRE (UK) LIMITED
  25. 2014-04-23
    ➕
    KEANE, Michael appointed
    secretary
  26. 2014-04-23
    ➕
    EIVERS, Bernard appointed
    director
  27. 2014-04-23
    ➕
    O'DONOVAN, Michael John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 69 — succession pressure is live.

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 69. 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

Irish Cattle Breeding Centre (Uk) Limited
27-28 Eastcastle Street
London
W1W 8DH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

CORRIDAN, Doreen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2024-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEAVNEY, Kevin→
director · ~69y · appointed 2023-04-21
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Active
KEANE, Michael→
secretary · appointed 2014-04-23 · resigned 2023-03-28
Resigned
EIVERS, Bernard→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-04-23 · resigned 2024-02-01
Resigned
GORMAN, Vincent→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-07-01 · resigned 2023-04-21
Resigned
O'DONOVAN, Michael John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-04-23 · resigned 2014-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
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accounts · AA
2025-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-04
change-registered-office-situation-company-with-old-jurisdiction-new-jurisdiction
address · AD05
2022-07-26