LONG TERM CARE (IRELAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NF003478 · oversea-company · incorporated 1999-08-09
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does

Likely involved in the provision or management of long-term residential or nursing care services in Ireland, operating from County Down in Northern Ireland, though the absence of SIC codes and predominantly charge-related filings suggest it may function primarily as a financing or holding entity within a wider care group.

Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 94). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 26.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (45/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
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
6 filings
60
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2001-12-14
    📄
    legacy
    officers · 6421C(NI)
  2. 1999-09-08
    📄
    particulars-of-a-mortgage-charge
    mortgage · 402(NI)
  3. 1999-09-08
    📄
    particulars-of-a-mortgage-charge
    mortgage · 402(NI)
  4. 1999-09-08
    📄
    particulars-of-a-mortgage-charge
    mortgage · 402(NI)
  5. 1999-09-08
    📄
    particulars-of-a-mortgage-charge
    mortgage · 402(NI)
  6. 1999-08-26
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Nhp Securities NO3
  7. 1999-08-26
    🔒
    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Nhp Securities NO3
  8. 1999-08-26
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Nhp Securities NO3
  9. 1999-08-26
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Nhp Securities NO3
  10. 1999-08-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LONG TERM CARE (IRELAND) LIMITED
  11. 1999-08-09
    WASSON, James appointed
    secretary
  12. 1999-08-09
    DAWSON, Michael David appointed
    director
  13. 1999-08-09
    SMITH, John William appointed
    director
  14. 1999-08-09
    WASSON, James appointed
    director
  15. 1999-08-09
    📄
    legacy
    other · 641(NI)

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 94 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Similar companies

Active · same sector · BT postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
LAUREN TOAL BRAND & MARKETING LTD
NI730630 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
LIFFER LEGAL LIMITED
NI636310 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
10y
LIVE TEC ENGINEERING LIMITED
NI624949 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
LIZHIZHI LTD
NI725023 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
LOWER GORTGONIS HOUSE LTD
NI729982 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
LU-BIT LIMITED
NI046868 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
22y
LULKJFZGS LIMITED
NI731703 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
LUXMEDICS N.I LIMITED
NI739090 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
LXLDHJ LTD
NI715173 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
LYTHERO LIMITED
NI666218 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
MAJA CONSULTANCY LTD
NI736906 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
MAMMOTH DESIGN CONSULTANTS LTD
NI040558 · est 2001 · no financials extracted
25y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated1999-08-09
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC

Registered office

15 Marguerit Park
Newcastle
Co Down
BT33 0PE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due:
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due:
Last:

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

WASSON, James
secretary · appointed 1999-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAWSON, Michael David
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, John William
director · ~94y · appointed 1999-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WASSON, James
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Nhp Securities NO3
Mortgage or charge1 property26/08/1999
outstanding
Nhp Securities NO3
Mortgage or charge1 property26/08/1999
outstanding
Nhp Securities NO3
Mortgage or charge1 property26/08/1999
outstanding
Nhp Securities NO3
Mortgage or charge1 property26/08/1999
Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.

Recent filings (6 total)

legacy
officers · 6421C(NI)
2001-12-14
particulars-of-a-mortgage-charge
mortgage · 402(NI)
1999-09-08
particulars-of-a-mortgage-charge
mortgage · 402(NI)
1999-09-08
particulars-of-a-mortgage-charge
mortgage · 402(NI)
1999-09-08
particulars-of-a-mortgage-charge
mortgage · 402(NI)
1999-09-08
legacy
other · 641(NI)
1999-08-09