INSPIRE BUSINESS CENTRE LTD

🌳Matureactive

NI026217 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1992-01-10

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

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

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 32.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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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

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.0y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 32.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

45 officers (9 active, 45 linked, 43 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

178 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	3	300

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (109 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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officers · AP01
2026-04-13
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WEIR, Andrew James appointed
director
2025-12-09
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officers · TM01
2025-12-08
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OSBORNE, Annie resigned
director
2025-08-27
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accounts · AA
2025-08-14
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officers · TM01
2025-08-11
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DRYSDALE, David Hugh resigned
director
2025-07-01
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officers · TM01
2025-06-23
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WEIR, Andrew James resigned
director
2025-06-13
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officers · CH01
2025-02-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-02-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-13
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2024-09-12
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accounts · AA
2023-09-19
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officers · AP01
2023-09-18
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LAVERTY, John David appointed
director
2023-09-04
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accounts · AA
2023-04-19
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2023-04-19
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2023-04-17
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HUGHES, Tanya Evelyn Mary appointed
director
2023-04-17
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OSBORNE, Annie appointed
director
2023-02-15
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GIBSON, Gillian Patricia resigned
director
2023-02-15
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officers · TM01
2022-10-24
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2022-10-24
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mortgage · MR04
2022-10-24
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mortgage · MR04
2022-10-24
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2022-10-24
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2022-10-24
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Charge satisfied #3
2022-07-29
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accounts · AA
2022-07-11
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2022-07-05
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CREED, Barbara Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-06-16
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officers · TM01
2022-06-14
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JOHNSTON, Richard Ingram resigned
director
2022-06-08
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MARTIN, Stephen resigned
director
2022-04-11
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GIBSON, Gillian Patricia appointed
director
2021-09-13
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BARKLEY, Jennifer Grace appointed
director
2021-06-14
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ARMSTRONG, James Lynn resigned
director
2021-06-14
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WORTHINGTON, Michael George resigned
director
2021-04-13
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MARTIN, Ryan Michael resigned
director
2021-03-24
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WILSON, Alan Matthew appointed
director
2020-06-24
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JOHNSTON, Richard Ingram appointed
director
2020-06-24
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WEIR, Andrew James appointed
director
2020-03-23
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HAMILTON, Christine Anne resigned
director
2020-02-28
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WRIGHT, David Andrew appointed
director
2020-02-28
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ARMSTRONG, James Lynn appointed
director
2020-02-28
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REID, Wendy June resigned
director
2018-10-16
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REID, Wendy June appointed
director
2018-10-16
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WORTHINGTON, Michael George appointed
director
2018-09-11
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MULLAN, Maurice resigned
director

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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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

2 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: DRYSDALE, David Hugh resigned 2025-08-11; OSBORNE, Annie resigned 2025-12-08; WEIR, Andrew James resigned 2025-06-23

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1992-01-10

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

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

Registered office

Inspire Business Park Carrowreagh Road

Dundonald

Belfast

BT16 1QT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-24

Last: 2026-01-10