WHINFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI050941 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-15

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

99999SIC 99999

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 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

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

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 (27 events)Click to expand

2025-07-09
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2024-02-29
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2022-08-03
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2021-10-05
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2021-05-27
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2020-03-25
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2018-08-01
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2017-09-20
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2017-06-27
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2016-09-14
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2016-07-27
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2016-06-29
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2015-06-16
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2014-07-17
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2013-08-08
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MCAULEY, Ian William appointed
director
2013-01-01
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MILLAR, Catherine Sonia resigned
secretary
2009-11-02
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LYNESS, John Carson resigned
director
2005-10-24
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MCMAHON, Chris appointed
director
2005-10-24
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MILLAR, Catherine Sonia appointed
secretary
2005-10-24
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O'KANE, Barbara Mavis resigned
secretary
2005-10-24
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LYNESS, John Carson appointed
director
2005-10-24
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O'KANE, Brian resigned
director
2004-06-15
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Company incorporated
As WHINFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2004-06-15
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O'KANE, Barbara Mavis appointed
secretary
2004-06-15
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O'KANE, Brian appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

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 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

Secretary Services Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Secretary Services Ltd

Corporate parent

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WHINFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

This company · NI050941

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Secretary Services Ltd Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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

Incorporated2004-06-15

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

422 Lisburn Road

Belfast

BT9 6GN

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-29

Last: 2025-06-15

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MCAULEY, Ian William→

director · ~62y · appointed 2013-08-08

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Active

MCMAHON, Chris→

director · ~58y · appointed 2005-10-24

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Active

MILLAR, Catherine Sonia→

secretary · appointed 2005-10-24 · resigned 2013-01-01

Resigned

O'KANE, Barbara Mavis→

secretary · appointed 2004-06-15 · resigned 2005-10-24

Resigned

LYNESS, John Carson→

director · ~74y · appointed 2005-10-24 · resigned 2009-11-02

Resigned

O'KANE, Brian→

director · ~85y · appointed 2004-06-15 · resigned 2005-10-24

Resigned

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