SILVERBUSH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI045129 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-09

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 22.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of production holding companies

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 22.3y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 22.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 (25 events)Click to expand

2025-06-24
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2024-06-11
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2023-05-10
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2022-05-11
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2021-06-14
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2020-07-01
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2019-02-26
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2018-03-09
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2017-03-21
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2016-06-23
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2016-01-22
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annual-return · AR01
2015-04-09
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accounts · AA
2015-01-20
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2014-06-19
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2014-01-17
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annual-return · AR01
2004-02-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Northern Bank LTD
2004-02-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Northern Bank LTD
2003-02-05
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BRADLEY, Ann Philomena appointed
director
2003-02-05
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BRADLEY, Gabriel Ian appointed
director
2003-02-05
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HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph resigned
director
2003-02-05
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KANE, Dorothy May resigned
director
2003-01-09
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Company incorporated
As SILVERBUSH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
2003-01-09
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BRADLEY, Gabriel Ian appointed
secretary
2003-01-09
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HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph appointed
director
2003-01-09
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KANE, Dorothy May appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Gabriel Ian Bradley Individual · Irish · DOB 02/1955 · age 71	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-01-09

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC64202 — Activities of production holding companies

Registered office

Unit 5

Bankmore Way East Industrial Estate

Doogary

Omagh

BT79 0NZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-21

Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BRADLEY, Gabriel Ian→

secretary · appointed 2003-01-09

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Active

BRADLEY, Ann Philomena→

director · ~72y · appointed 2003-02-05

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Active

BRADLEY, Gabriel Ian→

director · ~71y · appointed 2003-02-05

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Active

HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph→

director · ~52y · appointed 2003-01-09 · resigned 2003-02-05

Resigned

KANE, Dorothy May→

director · ~90y · appointed 2003-01-09 · resigned 2003-02-05

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Northern Bank Northern Bank LTD	Mortgage or charge	1 property	11/02/2004	—
	outstanding	Northern Bank Northern Bank LTD	Mortgage or charge	1 property	11/02/2004	—

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