COPYTEXT (NI) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI048130 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-07
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 10.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£907.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46660
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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 10.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £907,060
Net assets shrinking
Down £54,797 YoY
Cash YoY
-12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£647k
↓ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£907k
↓ 5.7% YoY
Current Assets
£1.0m
↓ 8.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£227k£453k£680k£907k£1.1mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£913.5k£975.3k
Current assets£1.04M£1.13M
Cash£647.5k£736.3k
Debtors£187.0k£191.9k
Net assets£907.1k£961.9k

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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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2025-06-17
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  4. 2024-09-25
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  5. 2023-09-14
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  6. 2022-09-09
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  7. 2021-09-23
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  8. 2020-09-25
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  9. 2019-09-03
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  10. 2019-01-23
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  11. 2018-11-05
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  12. 2018-11-05
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  13. 2018-10-23
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    GATES, Kieran appointed
    director
  14. 2018-10-23
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    GREER, David appointed
    director
  15. 2018-08-23
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  16. 2017-09-25
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  17. 2016-09-23
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  18. 2016-03-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC (the "Bank")
  19. 2003-10-29
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    CAUGHEY, Sean resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-10-16
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    CLARKE, Michael David appointed
    director
  21. 2003-10-16
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    HUGHES, Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2003-10-16
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    CAGHEY, Sean resigned
    director
  23. 2003-10-16
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    MEEHAN, Sean resigned
    director
  24. 2003-10-07
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    Company incorporated
    As COPYTEXT (NI) LIMITED
  25. 2003-10-07
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    CLARKE, Michael appointed
    secretary
  26. 2003-10-07
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    CAUGHEY, Sean appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-10-06
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    CAGHEY, Sean appointed
    director
  28. 2003-10-06
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    MEEHAN, Sean appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Hughes
Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Michael Clarke
Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board 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
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-10-07
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC46660 — SIC 46660

Registered office

29 Greers Road
Dungannon
County Tyrone
BT70 1DR
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

CLARKE, Michael→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-07
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CLARKE, Michael David→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-10-16
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GATES, Kieran→
director · ~49y · appointed 2018-10-23
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GREER, David→
director · ~42y · appointed 2018-10-23
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HUGHES, Paul→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-10-16
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Active
CAUGHEY, Sean→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-07 · resigned 2003-10-29
Resigned
CAGHEY, Sean→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-10-06 · resigned 2003-10-16
Resigned
MEEHAN, Sean→
director · ~52y · appointed 2003-10-06 · resigned 2003-10-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Aib Group (UK) (the "Bank")
Aib Group (UK) PLC (the "Bank")
A registered charge1 property03/03/2016—
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Recent filings (63 total)

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2025-07-28
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2025-06-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-17
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2024-11-15
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2024-09-25
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2023-10-16
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2023-09-14
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2022-10-07
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accounts · AA
2022-09-09
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2021-10-20
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2021-09-23
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2020-10-28
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2020-09-25
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2019-10-15