CASHEL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI035082 · ltd · incorporated 1998-10-29
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 27.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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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: Activities of financial services holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
30 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
82 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-08
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  2. 2025-01-15
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  3. 2025-01-14
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  4. 2024-09-21
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  5. 2024-09-20
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  6. 2024-09-10
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    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2023-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-15
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    DRAYNE, Kevin Brendan resigned
    director
  15. 2016-08-15
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-06-01
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-02-08
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    MCCRORY, Shane appointed
    director
  18. 2015-01-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2002-01-11
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    DRAYNE, Kevin Brendan appointed
    director
  20. 1999-04-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Anglo Irish Bank
  21. 1999-01-25
    ➕
    DRAYNE, Padraig Anthony appointed
    director
  22. 1999-01-25
    ➕
    MCKILLEN, Patrick Gerard appointed
    director
  23. 1998-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As CASHEL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  24. 1998-10-29
    ➕
    DRAYNE, Padraig Anthony appointed
    secretary

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Padraig Anthony Drayne
Individual · Irish · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence29/10/2016
Mr Patrick Mckillen
Individual · Irish · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence29/10/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-10-29
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC64205 — Activities of financial services holding companies

Registered office

8 Garvagh Road
Donaghmore
Dungannon
Tyrone
BT70 3LS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

DRAYNE, Padraig Anthony→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-29
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Active
DRAYNE, Padraig Anthony→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-01-25
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Active
MCCRORY, Shane→
director · ~46y · appointed 2016-02-08
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Active
MCKILLEN, Patrick Gerard→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-01-25
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Active
DRAYNE, Kevin Brendan→
director · ~105y · appointed 2002-01-11 · resigned 2016-08-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Anglo Irish Bank
Mortgage or charge1 property21/04/199914/01/2015

Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-01-14
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-17