BUDDY BEAR TRUST

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NI022996 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1989-08-11
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-09-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-24
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-03-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-03-05
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-03-05
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2025-02-18
    ➖
    AGNEW, B.E. Phylis M. resigned
    secretary
  8. 2025-01-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2025-01-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-12-02
    ➕
    MCCAMLEY, Rev. Eamonn appointed
    director
  11. 2024-09-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2024-06-29
    ➖
    DALY, John resigned
    director
  13. 2024-04-22
    ➖
    COGGAN, Jennifer resigned
    director
  14. 2023-12-08
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2023-12-08
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2023-12-07
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2023-12-07
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2023-12-01
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2023-07-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2023-02-18
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  21. 2023-02-14
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  22. 2022-06-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2021-06-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2019-02-27
    ➕
    COGGAN, Jennifer appointed
    director
  25. 2019-02-27
    ➕
    DALY, John appointed
    director
  26. 2015-01-11
    ➖
    MCGEENEY, Gerald Malachy resigned
    director
  27. 2010-09-01
    ➕
    MURPHY, Deborah Mary appointed
    director
  28. 2005-08-31
    ➖
    CRAWFORD, Seymour resigned
    director
  29. 2004-07-27
    ➖
    MACLARNON, Francis resigned
    director
  30. 1989-08-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BUDDY BEAR TRUST
  31. 1989-08-11
    ➕
    AGNEW, Bertha Ellen Phyllis Margaret appointed
    director
  32. 1989-08-11
    ➕
    MCCONVILLE, Brendan Joseph appointed
    director
  33. 1989-08-11
    ➕
    AGNEW, B.E. Phylis M. appointed
    secretary
  34. 1989-08-11
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Seymour appointed
    director
  35. 1989-08-11
    ➕
    MACLARNON, Francis appointed
    director
  36. 1989-08-11
    ➕
    MCGEENEY, Gerald Malachy appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 37 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 37 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Rev. Eamonn Mccamley
Individual · Irish · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence02/12/2024
Ms Bertha Ellen Phyllis Magaret Agnew
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016
Mr Brendan Joseph Mcconville
Individual · British · DOB 06/1943 · age 83
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016
Mrs Deborah Mary Murphy
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated1989-08-11
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC88990 — Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Registered office

Peto Centre
Killyman Road
Dungannon
Tyrone
BT71 6DE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

AGNEW, Bertha Ellen Phyllis Margaret→
director · ~71y · appointed 1989-08-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCAMLEY, Rev. Eamonn→
director · ~67y · appointed 2024-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCONVILLE, Brendan Joseph→
director · ~83y · appointed 1989-08-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURPHY, Deborah Mary→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AGNEW, B.E. Phylis M.→
secretary · appointed 1989-08-11 · resigned 2025-02-18
Resigned
COGGAN, Jennifer→
director · ~34y · appointed 2019-02-27 · resigned 2024-04-22
Resigned
CRAWFORD, Seymour→
director · ~82y · appointed 1989-08-11 · resigned 2005-08-31
Resigned
DALY, John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2019-02-27 · resigned 2024-06-29
Resigned
MACLARNON, Francis→
director · ~110y · appointed 1989-08-11 · resigned 2004-07-27
Resigned
MCGEENEY, Gerald Malachy→
director · ~87y · appointed 1989-08-11 · resigned 2015-01-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (110 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-07