DUNLUCE PLC

🌳Matureactive
NI026328 · plc · incorporated 1992-02-21
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 31.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£16.7k
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 31.0y

80/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £4,476

Key financials

1 year 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
Metric2025-03-31
Turnover£16.7k
Operating profit£12.7k
Profit before tax£4.5k
Average employees200

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
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. 2026-03-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-08-15
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-08-15
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2025-08-15
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2025-08-15
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2025-08-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-08-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2025-07-26
    ➕
    HENRY, Garth Alexander appointed
    secretary
  10. 2025-07-26
    ➕
    HENRY, Garth Alexander appointed
    director
  11. 2025-07-26
    ➖
    HENRY, Nigel Robert resigned
    secretary
  12. 2024-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-09-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2023-09-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2022-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2022-03-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2022-03-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2022-03-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2022-03-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2022-02-19
    ➕
    HENRY, Joan appointed
    director
  23. 2021-10-03
    ➖
    HENRY, Robert Alexander resigned
    director
  24. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 1999-12-29
    ➕
    HENRY, Nigel Robert appointed
    director
  26. 1999-12-29
    ➖
    LAMONT, David Allister resigned
    director
  27. 1999-12-29
    ➖
    MACFARLANE, Bruce Samuel resigned
    director
  28. 1999-09-20
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  29. 1999-09-20
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  30. 1999-09-17
    ➕
    MACFARLANE, Bruce Samuel appointed
    director
  31. 1996-11-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Aib Group (NI) PLC
  32. 1995-05-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  33. 1992-02-21
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    Company incorporated
    As DUNLUCE PLC
  34. 1992-02-21
    ➕
    HENRY, Nigel Robert appointed
    secretary
  35. 1992-02-21
    ➕
    HENRY, Robert Alexander appointed
    director
  36. 1992-02-21
    ➕
    LAMONT, David Allister 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Estate Of Robert Alexander Henry
Individual · British · DOB 11/1938 · age 88
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/10/2021
Mr Garth Alexander Henry
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence26/07/2025
Mr Nigel Robert Henry
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert Alexander Henryceased 03/10/2021· 25-50% shares

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeplc
Incorporated1992-02-21
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

22 Ballymacrea Road
Portrush
Co. Antrim
BT56 8NR
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

HENRY, Garth Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2025-07-26
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Active
HENRY, Garth Alexander→
director · ~58y · appointed 2025-07-26
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Active
HENRY, Joan→
director · ~87y · appointed 2022-02-19
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Active
HENRY, Nigel Robert→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-12-29
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Active
HENRY, Nigel Robert→
secretary · appointed 1992-02-21 · resigned 2025-07-26
Resigned
HENRY, Robert Alexander→
director · ~88y · appointed 1992-02-21 · resigned 2021-10-03
Resigned
LAMONT, David Allister→
director · ~66y · appointed 1992-02-21 · resigned 1999-12-29
Resigned
MACFARLANE, Bruce Samuel→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-09-17 · resigned 1999-12-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Aib Group (NI)
Aib Group (NI) PLC
Mortgage or charge3 properties22/11/199620/09/1999
satisfied
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
Mortgage or charge1 property02/05/199520/09/1999

Recent filings (106 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-08-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-08-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-08-15
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-08-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-15
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-27