JHT (LIBRARY SERVICES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI050226 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-07

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 21.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 21.8y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.8 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: high (84/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

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	2024-12-30	2023-12-30
Average employees	0	0

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

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2 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

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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2026-04-20
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TURKINGTON, Trevor Henry appointed
director
2026-04-20
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TREVOR HENRY, Turkington resigned
director
2025-11-05
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2025-07-07
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2023-07-20
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2022-07-25
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2021-09-07
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2020-07-29
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2019-07-01
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2018-08-10
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2017-09-18
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2016-04-12
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2015-10-06
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2015-02-10
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MCKEAG, Robert James resigned
secretary
2015-02-10
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MCKEAG, Robert James resigned
director
2015-01-29
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DUNDAS, Mark Raymond appointed
director
2015-01-29
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TURKINGTON, Gary Trevor appointed
director
2004-07-20
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HANNA, Anita Catherine resigned
director
2004-07-20
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LAGAN, Cathy resigned
director
2004-07-20
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MCKEAG, Robert James appointed
director
2004-07-20
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TREVOR HENRY, Turkington appointed
director
2004-07-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
2004-04-07
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Company incorporated
As JHT (LIBRARY SERVICES) LIMITED
2004-04-07
➕
MCKEAG, Robert James appointed
secretary
2004-04-07
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HANNA, Anita Catherine appointed
director
2004-04-07
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LAGAN, Cathy appointed
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

+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

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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 Trevor Henry Turkington Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/04/2017
Mr Mark Raymond Dundas Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/04/2017
Mr Gary Trevor Turkington Individual · British · DOB 01/1981 · age 45	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/04/2017

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

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7 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

Incorporated2004-04-07

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

James Park

Mahon Road

Portadown

BT62 3EH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-21

Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DUNDAS, Mark Raymond→

director · ~50y · appointed 2015-01-29

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Active

TURKINGTON, Gary Trevor→

director · ~45y · appointed 2015-01-29

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Active

TURKINGTON, Trevor Henry→

director · ~72y · appointed 2026-04-20

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Active

MCKEAG, Robert James→

secretary · appointed 2004-04-07 · resigned 2015-02-10

Resigned

HANNA, Anita Catherine→

director · ~49y · appointed 2004-04-07 · resigned 2004-07-20

Resigned

LAGAN, Cathy→

director · ~51y · appointed 2004-04-07 · resigned 2004-07-20

Resigned

MCKEAG, Robert James→

director · ~72y · appointed 2004-07-20 · resigned 2015-02-10

Resigned

TREVOR HENRY, Turkington→

director · ~72y · appointed 2004-07-20 · resigned 2026-04-20

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited / Ulster Bank Ireland	Mortgage or charge	1 property	20/07/2004	—

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Recent filings (95 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-05

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officers · AP01

2026-05-05

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officers · TM01

2026-05-05

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officers · CH01

2025-11-05