ACCESS SKILLS IRELAND LIMITED

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NI041047 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2001-06-21
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£28.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85590Other education n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
69 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £28,463
Cash YoY
+90%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£47k
↑ 90% YoY
Net Worth
£28k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£52k
↑ 73% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£21k£31k£42k£52kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£28.5k£28.4k
Current assets£52.5k£30.3k
Cash£46.8k£24.6k
Debtors£5.7k£5.7k
Net assets£28.5k£28.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-07-20
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  4. 2022-07-04
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  5. 2021-08-03
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  6. 2020-09-16
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  7. 2019-09-24
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  8. 2018-08-17
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-08-29
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-06-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2016-08-05
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    officers · TM02
  12. 2016-08-05
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-11-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-11-04
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    address · AD01
  16. 2015-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-06-21
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    GREEN, Joyce appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-06-21
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    GREEN, Joyce resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-06-21
    ➖
    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2001-06-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS SKILLS IRELAND LIMITED
  21. 2001-06-21
    ➕
    MACKIN, Brendan appointed
    director
  22. 2001-06-21
    ➕
    GREEN, Joyce appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-06-21
    ➕
    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2001-06-21
    ➕
    PALMER, Robert Desmond appointed
    director
  25. 2001-06-21
    ➖
    PALMER, Robert Desmond resigned
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

Northern Ireland Trade Union Educational & Social Centre Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Northern Ireland Trade Union Educational & Social Centre Limited
Corporate parent · board control
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ACCESS SKILLS IRELAND LIMITED
This company · NI041047

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Northern Ireland Trade Union Educational & Social Centre Limited
Corporate entity
——board controlboard control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-06-21
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

45-47 Donegall Street
Belfast
BT1 2FG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-05
Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GREEN, Joyce→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKIN, Brendan→
director · ~83y · appointed 2001-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREEN, Joyce→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-21 · resigned 2006-06-21
Resigned
C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-06-21 · resigned 2006-06-21
Resigned
PALMER, Robert Desmond→
director · ~85y · appointed 2001-06-21 · resigned 2001-06-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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2025-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
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accounts · AA
2021-08-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-17