CNOCNAFEOLA CENTRE LIMITED-THE

🌳Matureactive

NI034900 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1998-09-30

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

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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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 92-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 92). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.2y

50/100

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.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-07-02
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2023-06-22
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2022-06-28
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2021-06-30
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2020-06-25
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2018-07-20
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2016-06-27
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2015-11-03
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2015-06-16
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2014-09-22
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2014-03-12
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2014-02-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
2012-03-05
➕
MURPHY, Mary appointed
director
2005-09-30
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COFFEY, Pauline Ann resigned
director
2005-01-27
➕
TRAINOR, Teresa Catherine appointed
director
2005-01-27
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COFFEY, Pauline Ann appointed
director
2004-11-05
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CUNNINGHAM, Susan resigned
director
2004-06-24
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TRAINOR, Noel resigned
director
2002-04-25
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CUNNINGHAM, Susan appointed
director
2000-02-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Departmental
1998-09-30
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Company incorporated
As CNOCNAFEOLA CENTRE LIMITED-THE
1998-09-30
➕
MURPHY, Mary appointed
secretary
1998-09-30
➕
WHITE, Aine Mairead appointed
director
1998-09-30
➕
TRAINOR, Noel appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 92 — succession pressure is live.

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 92 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Aine Mairead White Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 02/1945 · age 81	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	01/07/2016
Mrs Teresa Catherine Trainor Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 10/1948 · age 78	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	01/07/2016
Miss Mary Murphy Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 06/1934 · age 92	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	01/07/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1998-09-30

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Cnocnafeola Centre

Bog Road

Atticall

Kilkeel

BT34 4HT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-26

Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MURPHY, Mary→

secretary · appointed 1998-09-30

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Active

MURPHY, Mary→

director · ~92y · appointed 2012-03-05

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Active

TRAINOR, Teresa Catherine→

director · ~78y · appointed 2005-01-27

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Active

WHITE, Aine Mairead→

director · ~81y · appointed 1998-09-30

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Active

COFFEY, Pauline Ann→

director · ~54y · appointed 2005-01-27 · resigned 2005-09-30

Resigned

CUNNINGHAM, Susan→

director · ~80y · appointed 2002-04-25 · resigned 2004-11-05

Resigned

TRAINOR, Noel→

director · ~58y · appointed 1998-09-30 · resigned 2004-06-24

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Department of Agriculture and Rural Development	A registered charge	2 properties	10/02/2014	—
	outstanding	Departmental	Mortgage or charge	1 property	22/02/2000	—

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