HAMILTON & KIRK LIMITED

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NI007110 · ltd · incorporated 1967-11-13
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.0y

95/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
141 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £2,732,364

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Profit before tax£2.73M—
Average employees91—

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-22
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  4. 2024-07-16
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  5. 2024-05-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2024-05-09
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  7. 2024-05-09
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2024-05-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2024-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-05-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-05-14
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-05-14
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    officers · TM02
  18. 2019-05-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2019-04-29
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    KIRK DECEASED, Marion Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  20. 2019-04-29
    ➖
    KIRK DECEASED, Marion Elizabeth resigned
    director
  21. 2017-03-27
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    KIRK, Valerie appointed
    director
  22. 2016-02-18
    ➖
    KIRK, Bruce resigned
    director
  23. 2011-07-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2010-03-05
    ➖
    KIRK, Benjamin resigned
    director
  25. 2001-05-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Ireland
  26. 1967-11-13
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    Company incorporated
    As HAMILTON & KIRK LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KIRK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 59 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Valerie Kirk
Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence08/07/2017
Mr William Hugh Jack
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Marion Elizabeth Kirkceased 29/04/2019· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1967-11-13
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

6 Annadale Avenue
Belfast
BT7 3JH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

JACK, William Hugh→
director · ~66y
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Active
KIRK, Valerie→
director · ~71y · appointed 2017-03-27
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Active
KIRK DECEASED, Marion Elizabeth→
secretary · resigned 2019-04-29
Resigned
KIRK, Benjamin→
director · ~100y · resigned 2010-03-05
Resigned
KIRK, Bruce→
director · ~73y · resigned 2016-02-18
Resigned
KIRK DECEASED, Marion Elizabeth→
director · ~100y · resigned 2019-04-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Bank of Ireland
Mortgage or charge1 property04/05/200107/07/2011

Recent filings (141 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-07-22
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-05-30
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2024-05-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-05-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-12-22