MCELMEEL MOBILITY SERVICES LIMITED

📈Growthactive
NI031911 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-05
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£20.88M
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.5y

60/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £1,186,140
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 17% YoY
Turnover YoY
+17%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Turnover£20.88M£17.88M
Gross profit£2.94M£2.20M
Operating profit£1.25M£718.6k
Profit before tax£1.19M£731.3k
Average employees79006600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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 mortgage
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-05-11
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    Charge satisfied #3
  3. 2025-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-03
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2024-05-03
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  7. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2018-02-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-02-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2018-02-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2017-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-03-01
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    MCELMEEL, Conor John, Mr. appointed
    director
  20. 2005-06-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  21. 1999-12-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Northern Bank LTD
  22. 1997-02-05
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    Company incorporated
    As MCELMEEL MOBILITY SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 1997-02-05
    ➕
    MC ELMEEL, Rosemary appointed
    secretary
  24. 1997-02-05
    ➕
    MCELMEEL, Malachy Joseph appointed
    director
  25. 1997-02-05
    ➕
    MCELMEEL, Rosemary Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCELMEEL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

Group structure

Rmc Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rmc Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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MCELMEEL MOBILITY SERVICES LIMITED
This company · NI031911

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rmc Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares15/09/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Conor John Mcelmeelceased 15/09/2016· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Rosemary Elizabeth Mcelmeelceased 15/09/2016· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Malachy Joseph Mcelmeelceased 15/09/2016· 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-02-05
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

15 Ballyscandal Road
Armagh
BT61 8BL
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MC ELMEEL, Rosemary→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-05
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Active
MCELMEEL, Conor John, Mr.→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-03-01
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Active
MCELMEEL, Malachy Joseph→
director · ~75y · appointed 1997-02-05
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Active
MCELMEEL, Rosemary Elizabeth→
director · ~74y · appointed 1997-02-05
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge—03/05/202411/05/2026
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
Mortgage or charge1 property15/06/2005—
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank LTD
Mortgage or charge1 property15/12/1999—
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Recent filings (76 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-10-28