JOHN DUFFY DESIGN GROUP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
NF003441 · oversea-company · incorporated 1998-12-15
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (44/100)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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
- 2015-03-26📄miscellaneousmiscellaneous · MISC
- 1999-01-22📄legacyaccounts · 650A(NI)
- 1998-12-15🏢Company incorporatedAs JOHN DUFFY DESIGN GROUP LIMITED
- 1998-12-15➕DUFFY, John appointedsecretary
- 1998-12-15➕DUFFY, John appointeddirector
- 1998-12-15➕O'DONNELL, Graham appointeddirector
- 1998-12-15➕O'NEILL, Anne Marie appointeddirector
- 1998-12-15📄legacyincorporation · BR1(NI)
Owner dependency
90/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DUFFY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
Incorporated1998-12-15
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
Suite 1
7 Elmwood Avenue
Lisburn Road
Belfast
BT9 6AZ
Filing status
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Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
O'DONNELL, Graham→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 1998-12-15
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O'NEILL, Anne Marie→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 1998-12-15
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Recent filings (3 total)
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2015-03-26
legacy
accounts · 650A(NI)
1999-01-22
legacy
incorporation · BR1(NI)
1998-12-15