SUGAR MILL ESTATES CO LIMITED

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NI011139 · ltd · incorporated 1976-02-02

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 32.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£72.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 32.6y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 32.6 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: medium (78/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

126 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £72,015

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£72k

↑ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£28k

↑ 108% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£72.0k	£61.8k
Current assets	£27.7k	£13.3k
Net assets	£72.0k	£61.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-12-03
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2024-05-27
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2024-01-10
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address · AD01
2024-01-10
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accounts · AA
2023-04-04
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DUFFY, Kieran Philip appointed
director
2023-04-04
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officers · AP01
2022-12-20
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2022-12-20
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2022-12-02
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2022-08-31
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officers · TM01
2022-04-03
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DUFFY, Gerard Joseph resigned
director
2021-08-11
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accounts · AA
2020-07-23
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2019-07-24
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2019-01-16
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2017-12-21
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2016-06-21
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2009-11-03
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DUFFY, Brian Marias appointed
director
2005-10-28
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DUFFY, Kevin Michael Paul appointed
secretary
2005-10-28
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DUFFY, Brian Marias resigned
secretary
2005-10-28
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DUFFY, Brian Marias resigned
director
1993-10-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Allied Irish Banks PLC
1976-02-02
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Company incorporated
As SUGAR MILL ESTATES CO LIMITED
1976-02-02
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DUFFY, Dermot Laurence appointed
director
1976-02-02
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DUFFY, Kevin Michael Paul appointed
director
1976-02-02
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DUFFY, Thomas Patrick appointed
director
1976-02-02
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DUFFY, Brian Marias appointed
secretary
1976-02-02
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DUFFY, Brian Marias appointed
director
1976-02-02
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DUFFY, Gerard Joseph appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 50 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 50 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sally Duffy Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	18/10/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Gerard Joseph Duffyceased 18/10/2022· 75-100% voting

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

Incorporated1976-02-02

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

2 Lakeview Park

Enniskillen

Fermanagh

BT74 6AR

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31