WHISTLEBARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI046565 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-20
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
64 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  6. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-06-10
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  12. 2016-06-10
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  13. 2015-08-06
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  14. 2015-08-05
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  15. 2014-10-13
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  16. 2014-07-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2003-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As WHISTLEBARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  18. 2003-05-20
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    DILLON, Francis Joseph appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-05-20
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    DILLON, Angela Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2003-05-20
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    DILLON, Francis Joseph appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-05-20
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Limavady Business Park Bwest
89 Dowland Road
Limavady
BT49 0HR
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-25
Last: 2025-05-11

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DILLON, Francis Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-20
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DILLON, Angela Elizabeth→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-05-20
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DILLON, Francis Joseph→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-05-20
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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-11