TONA ENTERPRISES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
NI028478 · ltd · incorporated 1994-05-16
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (40/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 31.2y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
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£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees76007200

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-12-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charles-court-order-extend-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2024-09-06
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  6. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-21
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Heather Christine appointed
    secretary
  8. 2023-08-21
    ➖
    DUNCAN, Cathy resigned
    secretary
  9. 2023-08-21
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  10. 2023-08-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-03-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2017-02-24
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
  20. 2016-11-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2016-11-22
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
  22. 2015-07-31
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
  23. 2008-08-04
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Cathy appointed
    secretary
  24. 2008-08-04
    ➖
    DUNCAN, Robert Maxwell resigned
    secretary
  25. 2008-08-04
    ➖
    DUNCAN, Robert M resigned
    director
  26. 2008-04-03
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    Charge satisfied #4
  27. 2008-04-03
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    Charge satisfied #3
  28. 2008-04-03
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    Charge satisfied #2
  29. 2008-04-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  30. 2008-01-18
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
  31. 2008-01-18
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
  32. 2007-03-28
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    DUNCAN, Robert Maxwell appointed
    director
  33. 2006-04-06
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  34. 2002-06-06
    ➖
    BROTHERSTON, Saroni Rani resigned
    director
  35. 2002-06-06
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  36. 2000-04-19
    ➖
    BROTHERSTON, Peter resigned
    director
  37. 1996-02-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  38. 1995-03-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  39. 1994-05-16
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    Company incorporated
    As TONA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  40. 1994-05-16
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Robert Maxwell appointed
    secretary
  41. 1994-05-16
    ➕
    BROTHERSTON, Peter appointed
    director
  42. 1994-05-16
    ➕
    BROTHERSTON, Saroni Rani appointed
    director
  43. 1994-05-16
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Robert M appointed
    director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low
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.

6 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Maxwell Duncan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/12/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert Maxwell Duncanceased 01/12/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest

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

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-05-16
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Scrabo Isles Nursing Home
61 Manse Road
Newtownards
BT23 4TP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last: 2025-05-16

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

DUNCAN, Heather Christine→
secretary · appointed 2023-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNCAN, Robert Maxwell→
director · ~51y · appointed 2007-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNCAN, Cathy→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-04 · resigned 2023-08-21
Resigned
DUNCAN, Robert Maxwell→
secretary · appointed 1994-05-16 · resigned 2008-08-04
Resigned
BROTHERSTON, Peter→
director · ~69y · appointed 1994-05-16 · resigned 2000-04-19
Resigned
BROTHERSTON, Saroni Rani→
director · ~78y · appointed 1994-05-16 · resigned 2002-06-06
Resigned
DUNCAN, Robert M→
director · ~83y · appointed 1994-05-16 · resigned 2008-08-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

10
Total charges
6
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property06/09/2024—
outstanding
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property24/02/2017—
outstanding
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank Limited
A registered charge—22/11/2016—
outstanding
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property31/07/2015—
outstanding
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank Limited
Mortgage or charge1 property18/01/2008—
outstanding
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank Limited
Mortgage or charge1 property18/01/2008—
satisfied
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
Mortgage or charge1 property06/04/200603/04/2008
satisfied
Aib Group (UK) / Belfast
Aib Group (UK) PLC / Belfast
Mortgage or charge1 property06/06/200203/04/2008
satisfied
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
Mortgage or charge1 property29/02/199603/04/2008
satisfied
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
Mortgage or charge1 property10/03/199503/04/2008
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Recent filings (113 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charles-court-order-extend-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-08-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17