PALMER & HARVEY MCLANE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
NF003030 · oversea-company · incorporated 1992-02-14
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
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (50/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
19 officers (11 active, 19 linked, 17 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand
- 2001-11-26📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2001-10-20📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2001-10-20📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2001-10-20📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2001-10-20📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2001-10-20📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2001-10-20📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2001-10-20📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2001-10-20📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2001-10-08✏️legacychange-of-name · 642-2(NI)
- 2001-10-05📄legacyofficers · 6421C(NI)
- 2001-09-29📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2001-09-15📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2000-06-05➕MURPHY, Luke appointeddirector
- 2000-02-05➕BRADMORE, Andrew David appointeddirector
- 1999-09-15➕AUSTEN, Peter Joseph appointeddirector
- 1998-09-29➕ELLIS, William Hugh appointeddirector
- 1997-05-01➕HAGON, Paul George appointeddirector
- 1997-05-01➕RAWLINSON, Alan Richard appointeddirector
- 1996-03-31➖HUDSON, Phillip resigneddirector
- 1995-06-22📄accounts-with-made-up-dateaccounts · AA
- 1995-06-22📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 1995-04-03➖CHEDZOY, John Hann resigneddirector
- 1995-04-03➖HALLOWES, Paul John Bernard resigneddirector
- 1995-01-17➕MCPHERSON, Graham Scott appointeddirector
- 1995-01-17➖BARNES, Peter Guy resigneddirector
- 1995-01-17➖CROOK, John Robert resigneddirector
- 1995-01-17➖MURGATROYD, John Bottomley resigneddirector
- 1995-01-17➖PERKINS, Arthur John Anthony resigneddirector
- 1995-01-10✏️legacychange-of-name · 642-2(NI)
- 1994-05-06➖FORSTER, Malcolm Harry resigneddirector
- 1994-01-11📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 1994-01-11📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 1993-04-06➕LITTLE, Christopher William appointeddirector
- 1992-07-07📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 1992-02-26📄legacyaccounts · 650A(NI)
- 1992-02-14🏢Company incorporatedAs PALMER & HARVEY MCLANE LIMITED
- 1992-02-14➕MS PAULA JANE, Smith appointedsecretary
- 1992-02-14➕SMITH, Paula Jane appointedsecretary
- 1992-02-14➕ADAMS, Christopher Borlase appointeddirector
- 1992-02-14➕BARNES, Peter Guy appointeddirector
- 1992-02-14➕CHEDZOY, John Hann appointeddirector
- 1992-02-14➕CROOK, John Robert appointeddirector
- 1992-02-14➕FORSTER, Malcolm Harry appointeddirector
- 1992-02-14➕HALLOWES, Paul John Bernard appointeddirector
- 1992-02-14➕HUDSON, Phillip appointeddirector
- 1992-02-14➕MURGATROYD, John Bottomley appointeddirector
- 1992-02-14➕PERKINS, Arthur John Anthony appointeddirector
- 1992-02-14📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 1992-02-14📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
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Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated1992-02-14
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
1 Trench Road
Hyde Park Industrial Estate
Mullusk
Newtownabbey Co Antrim
BT36 8TY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 1994-04-02
Confirmation statement
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Officers (11 active · 8 resigned)
MS PAULA JANE, Smith→
Activesecretary · appointed 1992-02-14
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Active
ADAMS, Christopher Borlase→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 1992-02-14
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AUSTEN, Peter Joseph→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 1999-09-15
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BRADMORE, Andrew David→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2000-02-05
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ELLIS, William Hugh→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 1998-09-29
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HAGON, Paul George→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1997-05-01
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LITTLE, Christopher William→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 1993-04-06
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MCPHERSON, Graham Scott→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 1995-01-17
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MURPHY, Luke→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2000-06-05
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RAWLINSON, Alan Richard→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 1997-05-01
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BARNES, Peter Guy→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · appointed 1992-02-14 · resigned 1995-01-17
CHEDZOY, John Hann→
Resigneddirector · ~104y · appointed 1992-02-14 · resigned 1995-04-03
CROOK, John Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · appointed 1992-02-14 · resigned 1995-01-17
FORSTER, Malcolm Harry→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 1992-02-14 · resigned 1994-05-06
HALLOWES, Paul John Bernard→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · appointed 1992-02-14 · resigned 1995-04-03
HUDSON, Phillip→
Resigneddirector · ~92y · appointed 1992-02-14 · resigned 1996-03-31
MURGATROYD, John Bottomley→
Resigneddirector · ~85y · appointed 1992-02-14 · resigned 1995-01-17
PERKINS, Arthur John Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 1992-02-14 · resigned 1995-01-17
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Recent filings (26 total)
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-11-26
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-10-20
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-10-20
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-10-20
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-10-20
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-10-20
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-10-20
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-10-20
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-10-20
legacy
change-of-name · 642-2(NI)
2001-10-08
legacy
officers · 6421C(NI)
2001-10-05
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-09-29
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-09-15
accounts-with-made-up-date
accounts · AA
1995-06-22
legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
1995-06-22