ALBATROS FERTILIZERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
NF003669 · oversea-company · incorporated 2002-10-01
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
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 91). 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
6 officers (5 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
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 (12 events)Click to expand
- 2015-01-08📄miscellaneousmiscellaneous · MISC
- 2003-11-17📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 2003-01-29📄legacyofficers · BR4(NI)
- 2002-12-31➖NEVILLE, Patrick resigneddirector
- 2002-10-01🏢Company incorporatedAs ALBATROS FERTILIZERS LIMITED
- 2002-10-01➕MCDONOGH, Tom appointedsecretary
- 2002-10-01➕FORDE, Aaron appointeddirector
- 2002-10-01➕MCDONOGH, Thomas appointeddirector
- 2002-10-01➕MCDONOGH, Tom appointeddirector
- 2002-10-01➕STEVEN, Craig appointeddirector
- 2002-10-01➕NEVILLE, Patrick appointeddirector
- 2002-10-01📄legacyother · 641(NI)
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Incorporated2002-10-01
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
20 Glenavary Road
Moira
Craigavon
Co Armagh
BT67 0LT
Filing status
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Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)
Active
FORDE, Aaron→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2002-10-01
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MCDONOGH, Thomas→
Activedirector · ~91y · appointed 2002-10-01
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MCDONOGH, Tom→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2002-10-01
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STEVEN, Craig→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2002-10-01
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NEVILLE, Patrick→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2002-12-31
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Recent filings (4 total)
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2015-01-08
legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2003-11-17
legacy
officers · BR4(NI)
2003-01-29
legacy
other · 641(NI)
2002-10-01