NCB CORPORATE FINANCE LTD
🌳Matureactive
NF003540 · oversea-company · incorporated 2000-07-28
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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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (47/100)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
7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
4 filings
60
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2015-04-07📄miscellaneousmiscellaneous · MISC
- 2000-11-16📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2000-11-16📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2000-10-02➕MCNALLY, John Joseph appointeddirector
- 2000-07-31➖COONEY, Hugh Mary resigneddirector
- 2000-07-28🏢Company incorporatedAs NCB CORPORATE FINANCE LTD
- 2000-07-28➕O'BRIEN, Graham appointedsecretary
- 2000-07-28➕BUTLER, John appointeddirector
- 2000-07-28➕HORNER, Robin George appointeddirector
- 2000-07-28➕MCMAHON, Patrick Michael appointeddirector
- 2000-07-28➕O'KELLY, Conor appointeddirector
- 2000-07-28➕COONEY, Hugh Mary appointeddirector
- 2000-07-28📄legacyother · 641(NI)
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
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — 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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Incorporated2000-07-28
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
Ulster Bank
Group Head Office
11/16 Donegall Square East
Belfast
BT1
Filing status
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Officers (6 active · 1 resigned)
Active
BUTLER, John→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2000-07-28
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HORNER, Robin George→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2000-07-28
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MCMAHON, Patrick Michael→
Activedirector · ~84y · appointed 2000-07-28
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MCNALLY, John Joseph→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2000-10-02
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O'KELLY, Conor→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2000-07-28
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COONEY, Hugh Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2000-07-28 · resigned 2000-07-31
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Recent filings (4 total)
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2015-04-07
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2000-11-16
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2000-11-16
legacy
other · 641(NI)
2000-07-28