GOLF HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI042002 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-23

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 24.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 24.2y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.2 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: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

121 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £5,228,865

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Operating profit	—	£5.80M
Profit before tax	£5.23M	£5.35M
Average employees	3000	3200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 miscellaneous

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 miscellaneous
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-02-18
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-02-13
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-11
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-11
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-11
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-11
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-07-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-25
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-24
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MCGRANAGHAN, Catherine Rachael appointed
director
2023-07-11
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HUNT, Paul resigned
director
2022-10-13
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-10-06
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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REID, Kevin appointed
secretary
2022-09-30
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O'HARE, John resigned
secretary
2022-01-14
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MCAULEY, Davey resigned
secretary
2022-01-14
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O'HARE, John appointed
secretary
2022-01-14
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-01-14
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-12-23
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MCAULEY, Davey appointed
secretary
2019-12-23
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WILSON, William Stewart resigned
secretary
2011-09-30
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Northern Bank Limited
2009-05-19
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HUNT, James Patrick appointed
director
2009-05-19
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HUNT, Patrick Michael Paul appointed
director
2002-02-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Northern Bank LTD
2002-02-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Northern Bank LTD
2002-01-28
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DAVIS, Robert James appointed
director
2002-01-28
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HUNT, Seamus appointed
director
2002-01-28
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HUNT, Paul appointed
director
2002-01-28
➖
MOYNE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2001-11-23
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Company incorporated
As GOLF HOLDINGS LIMITED
2001-11-23
➕
WILSON, William Stewart appointed
secretary
2001-11-23
➕
MOYNE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Hunt Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 03/1973 · age 53	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/03/2024
Mr Patrick Hunt Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 03/1976 · age 50	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/03/2024
Mrs Catherine Rachael Mcgranaghan Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 05/1977 · age 49	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/03/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Patrick Mp Huntceased 23/06/2023· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 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

Incorporated2001-11-23

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

3 Duncrue Place

Belfast

BT3 9BU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31