GLENSHANE FRESH FARM EGGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI017971 · ltd · incorporated 1984-11-16
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 40.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 40.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 40.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
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
103 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.

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
Average employees17001600

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2025-10-03
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-22
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  6. 2021-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-25
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    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2019-03-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2018-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-02-13
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    document-replacement · RP04
  17. 2002-09-09
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    BRYSON, Mary Angela resigned
    director
  18. 2002-09-09
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    BRYSON, Michael resigned
    director
  19. 1985-12-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Ireland Finance (NI) LTD
  20. 1984-11-16
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    Company incorporated
    As GLENSHANE FRESH FARM EGGS LIMITED
  21. 1984-11-16
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    BRYSON, Patrick appointed
    secretary
  22. 1984-11-16
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    BRYSON, Paul appointed
    director
  23. 1984-11-16
    ➕
    PATRICK, Bryson appointed
    director
  24. 1984-11-16
    ➕
    BRYSON, Mary Angela appointed
    director
  25. 1984-11-16
    ➕
    BRYSON, Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 42 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 42 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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
Mr Paul Bryson
Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Patrick Bryson
Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1984-11-16
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470

Registered office

15 Tullyheran Road
Maghera
Co.Londonderry
BT46 5JQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BRYSON, Patrick→
secretary · appointed 1984-11-16
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Active
BRYSON, Paul→
director · ~57y · appointed 1984-11-16
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Active
PATRICK, Bryson→
director · ~58y · appointed 1984-11-16
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Active
BRYSON, Mary Angela→
director · ~88y · appointed 1984-11-16 · resigned 2002-09-09
Resigned
BRYSON, Michael→
director · ~91y · appointed 1984-11-16 · resigned 2002-09-09
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 Finance (NI)
Bank of Ireland Finance (NI) LTD
Specific charge on equipment1 property04/12/198525/03/2019

Recent filings (103 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-28