OPEN HOUSE TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI031773 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1996-12-17
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 26.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£2.79M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,788,563
Cash YoY
+28%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£498k
↑ 28% YoY
Net Worth
£2.8m
↑ 3.9% YoY
Current Assets
£499k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£558k£1.1m£1.7m£2.2m£2.8mDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£2.79M£2.68M
Current assets£498.9k£402.2k
Cash£497.6k£387.8k
Debtors£1.3k£14.4k
Net assets£2.79M£2.68M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-01
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  2. 2026-02-20
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  3. 2026-02-20
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  4. 2025-12-14
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    EAKINS, Tom resigned
    director
  5. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2024-04-23
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  7. 2024-01-08
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  8. 2023-11-07
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    RAINEY, William Kenneth appointed
    director
  9. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2022-05-04
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  11. 2021-04-29
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  12. 2020-10-02
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  13. 2020-01-06
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  14. 2020-01-06
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  15. 2019-05-21
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    WILLIAMS, Arthur resigned
    secretary
  16. 2019-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  17. 2019-02-01
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    HEWITT, Philip appointed
    director
  18. 2018-05-02
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  19. 2017-05-05
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  20. 2014-06-09
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    HEWITT, Philip Joseph resigned
    director
  21. 2013-12-31
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    JOHNSTON, James appointed
    director
  22. 2013-12-31
    ➖
    KNOX, Ernest Moore resigned
    director
  23. 2002-12-14
    ➕
    HEWITT, Philip Joseph appointed
    director
  24. 2002-05-01
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    HOLMES, Leslie Godfrey Jackson resigned
    director
  25. 2002-02-01
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Stephen R G appointed
    director
  26. 2002-02-01
    ➕
    KNOX, Ernest Moore appointed
    director
  27. 2000-03-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Northern Bank LTD
  28. 1999-03-31
    ➕
    CHARTERS (J.P), David Frederick appointed
    director
  29. 1999-02-12
    ➕
    HOLMES, Leslie Godfrey Jackson appointed
    director
  30. 1996-12-17
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    Company incorporated
    As OPEN HOUSE TRUST LIMITED
  31. 1996-12-17
    ➕
    JONES, Brendan appointed
    director
  32. 1996-12-17
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Arthur appointed
    secretary
  33. 1996-12-17
    ➕
    EAKINS, Tom appointed
    director

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
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

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 29 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Frederick Charters (J.P)
Individual · British · DOB 10/1939 · age 87
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr James Johnston
Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 10/1979 · age 47
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr Brendan Jones
Individual · British · DOB 08/1949 · age 77
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Williamson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1946 · age 80
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Tom Eakinsceased 14/12/2025· significant influence · trust interest

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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1996-12-17
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

6 East Bridge Street
Enniskillen
Co. Fermanagh
BT74 7BT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17

Officers (6 active · 5 resigned)

CHARTERS (J.P), David Frederick→
director · ~87y · appointed 1999-03-31
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Active
HEWITT, Philip→
director · ~66y · appointed 2019-02-01
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Active
JOHNSTON, James→
director · ~47y · appointed 2013-12-31
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Active
JONES, Brendan→
director · ~77y · appointed 1996-12-17
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Active
RAINEY, William Kenneth→
director · ~69y · appointed 2023-11-07
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Active
WILLIAMSON, Stephen R G→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-02-01
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Active
WILLIAMS, Arthur→
secretary · appointed 1996-12-17 · resigned 2019-05-21
Resigned
EAKINS, Tom→
director · ~77y · appointed 1996-12-17 · resigned 2025-12-14
Resigned
HEWITT, Philip Joseph→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-12-14 · resigned 2014-06-09
Resigned
HOLMES, Leslie Godfrey Jackson→
director · ~75y · appointed 1999-02-12 · resigned 2002-05-01
Resigned
KNOX, Ernest Moore→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-02-01 · resigned 2013-12-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Northern Bank / Belfast
Northern Bank LTD / Belfast
Mortgage or charge1 property03/03/2000—
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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-22