LINKS (PORTSTEWART) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED - THE

🌳Matureactive
NI031473 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-22
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
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

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
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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  2. 2024-10-08
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  3. 2023-10-17
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  4. 2022-10-07
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  5. 2021-10-22
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  6. 2020-09-29
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  7. 2019-10-15
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  8. 2018-10-18
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  9. 2018-09-24
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  10. 2018-09-24
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    officers · TM02
  11. 2018-09-21
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    MCCRACKEN, Cheryl Eileen appointed
    secretary
  12. 2018-09-21
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    GORDON, Dermot Bruce resigned
    secretary
  13. 2017-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-21
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  15. 2015-11-17
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  16. 2015-10-28
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  17. 2014-11-19
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  18. 2005-09-03
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    LINDSAY, Janine appointed
    director
  19. 2005-09-03
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    MC CLELLAND, Noel Hempsey resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-09-03
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    BOND, Nancy resigned
    director
  21. 2002-08-28
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    GILPIN, David Alan appointed
    director
  22. 2002-08-28
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    DOWNES, Lilian resigned
    director
  23. 2002-08-26
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    BOND, Nancy appointed
    director
  24. 2002-08-08
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    GRAHAM, David Alexander resigned
    director
  25. 2000-03-10
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    BREWSTER, Ian resigned
    director
  26. 2000-03-10
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    DOWNES, Lilian appointed
    director
  27. 1996-10-22
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    Company incorporated
    As LINKS (PORTSTEWART) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED - THE
  28. 1996-10-22
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    GORDON, Dermot Bruce appointed
    secretary
  29. 1996-10-22
    ➕
    MC CLELLAND, Noel Hempsey appointed
    secretary
  30. 1996-10-22
    ➕
    BREWSTER, Ian appointed
    director
  31. 1996-10-22
    ➕
    GRAHAM, David Alexander 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-10-22
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

64 The Promenade
Portstewart
County Londonderry
BT55 7AF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

MCCRACKEN, Cheryl Eileen→
secretary · appointed 2018-09-21
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Active
GILPIN, David Alan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-08-28
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Active
LINDSAY, Janine→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-09-03
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Active
GORDON, Dermot Bruce→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-22 · resigned 2018-09-21
Resigned
MC CLELLAND, Noel Hempsey→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-22 · resigned 2005-09-03
Resigned
BOND, Nancy→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-08-26 · resigned 2005-09-03
Resigned
BREWSTER, Ian→
director · ~84y · appointed 1996-10-22 · resigned 2000-03-10
Resigned
DOWNES, Lilian→
director · ~82y · appointed 2000-03-10 · resigned 2002-08-28
Resigned
GRAHAM, David Alexander→
director · ~79y · appointed 1996-10-22 · resigned 2002-08-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

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2025-10-31
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2025-10-27
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2024-10-23
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2024-10-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
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2020-10-29
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accounts · AA
2020-09-29
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2019-10-30
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accounts · AA
2019-10-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-01