GREENS CHEMISTS
🌳Matureactive
NI008016 · private-unlimited · incorporated 1970-08-27
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 11.1y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (59/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
128 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 2 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-13📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-03-19📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-01-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-06📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-01-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2019-06-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-06-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-05-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-05-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-02-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2018-02-12📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2016-02-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-04-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC ("the Bank")
- 2006-10-09➕SMYTH, Robert Joseph appointedsecretary
- 2006-10-09➖JOHNSTON, Colin James resignedsecretary
- 2006-03-01➕JOHNSTON, Colin James appointeddirector
- 2006-03-01➕SMYTH, Robert Joseph appointeddirector
- 2006-03-01➕JOHNSTON, Colin James appointedsecretary
- 2006-02-28➖THOMPSON, Elizabeth resignedsecretary
- 2006-02-28➖THOMPSON, Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2006-02-28➖THOMPSON, James resigneddirector
- 2001-03-28➖MCKAY, Patricia resigneddirector
- 1970-08-27🏢Company incorporatedAs GREENS CHEMISTS
- 1970-08-27➕THOMPSON, Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 1970-08-27➕MCKAY, Patricia appointeddirector
- 1970-08-27➕THOMPSON, Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 1970-08-27➕THOMPSON, James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 56 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.)
Group structure
Clear Pharmacy is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Clear Pharmacy
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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GREENS CHEMISTS
This company · NI008016
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Clear Pharmacy Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated1970-08-27
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Block D
17 Heron Road
Belfast
BT3 9LE
Northern Ireland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2008-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
SMYTH, Robert Joseph→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-10-09
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JOHNSTON, Colin James→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2006-03-01
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SMYTH, Robert Joseph→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2006-03-01
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JOHNSTON, Colin James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-03-01 · resigned 2006-10-09
THOMPSON, Elizabeth→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1970-08-27 · resigned 2006-02-28
MCKAY, Patricia→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · appointed 1970-08-27 · resigned 2001-03-28
THOMPSON, Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · appointed 1970-08-27 · resigned 2006-02-28
THOMPSON, James→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · appointed 1970-08-27 · resigned 2006-02-28
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC ("the Bank") | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/04/2015 | 03/06/2019 |
Recent filings (128 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-01-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-01-06