HILLTOWN HIDES

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NI023231 · private-unlimited · incorporated 1989-11-02

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 36.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 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

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 36.1y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 36.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

26 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2024-06-15
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gazette · DISS40
2024-06-04
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gazette · GAZ1
2020-06-26
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address · AD01
2019-07-03
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2019-06-04
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2016-04-06
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annual-return · AR01
2015-04-02
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annual-return · AR01
2014-04-09
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annual-return · AR01
2013-04-05
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annual-return · AR01
2012-04-04
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annual-return · AR01
2011-03-31
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annual-return · AR01
2010-03-29
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annual-return · AR01
2010-03-25
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officers · CH01
2010-03-25
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officers · CH01
2010-03-25
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officers · CH01
2003-06-02
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CRAWFORD, Michael Brian resigned
director
1998-06-23
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CRAWFORD, Michael Brian appointed
director
1998-02-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Ulster Bank LTD
1993-05-07
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Northern Bank Limited
1991-09-06
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Northern Bank Limited
1990-04-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Northern Bank Limited
1989-11-02
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Company incorporated
As HILLTOWN HIDES
1989-11-02
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TWEEDIE, Henry Campbell appointed
secretary
1989-11-02
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DOBSON, James George appointed
director
1989-11-02
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DOBSON, Robert John appointed
director
1989-11-02
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TWEEDIE, Henry Campbell appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 37 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 37 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-unlimited

Incorporated1989-11-02

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

40 Killysorrell Road

Ashfield

Dromore

County Down

BT25 1LB

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: —

Last made up to: 1994-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

TWEEDIE, Henry Campbell→

secretary · appointed 1989-11-02

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Active

DOBSON, James George→

director · ~73y · appointed 1989-11-02

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Active

DOBSON, Robert John→

director · ~75y · appointed 1989-11-02

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Active

TWEEDIE, Henry Campbell→

director · ~85y · appointed 1989-11-02

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Active

CRAWFORD, Michael Brian→

director · ~72y · appointed 1998-06-23 · resigned 2003-06-02

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	NatWest Group Ulster Bank LTD	Mortgage or charge	1 property	27/02/1998	—
outstanding	Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited	Charge over all book debts	1 property	07/05/1993	—
outstanding	Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited	Mortgage	1 property	06/09/1991	—
outstanding	Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited	Floating charge	1 property	23/04/1990	—

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