CDMEE LTD

🌳Matureactive
NI011816 · ltd · incorporated 1977-02-18
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees00

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

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1 signal 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2022-10-21
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  5. 2021-08-25
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  6. 2021-08-10
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  7. 2021-01-25
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  8. 2020-09-24
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  9. 2019-05-03
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  10. 2018-08-17
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  11. 2017-08-29
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  12. 2016-08-25
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  13. 2016-04-21
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  14. 2015-08-10
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  15. 2015-04-07
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  16. 1977-02-18
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    Company incorporated
    As CDMEE LTD
  17. 1977-02-18
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    MONAGHAN, Kathleen Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 1977-02-18
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    MONAGHAN, Kathleen Mary appointed
    director
  19. 1977-02-18
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    MONAGHAN, Patrick Joseph appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 49 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 49 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Kathleen Mary Monaghan
Individual · Irish · DOB 05/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/12/2016
Mr Patrick Joseph Mionaghan
Individual · Irish · DOB 03/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/12/2016

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
Incorporated1977-02-18
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Registered office

10 Dromore Road
Drumharvey
Irvinestown
Tyrone
BT94 1GZ
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MONAGHAN, Kathleen Mary→
secretary · appointed 1977-02-18
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MONAGHAN, Kathleen Mary→
director · ~78y · appointed 1977-02-18
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MONAGHAN, Patrick Joseph→
director · ~77y · appointed 1977-02-18
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Active

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Recent filings (112 total)

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2026-04-02
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accounts · AA
2025-09-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15