TONY PATTERSON SPORTSGROUNDS LTD

🌳Matureactive
NI051896 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-28
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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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: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 74). 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

3 live charges · oldest 19.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.2 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 (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
78 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-12
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  2. 2025-08-12
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  3. 2025-08-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-08-12
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  5. 2025-07-29
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  6. 2024-07-24
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  7. 2023-12-08
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  8. 2023-12-08
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  9. 2023-07-27
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  10. 2022-07-06
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  11. 2021-07-28
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  12. 2021-02-09
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    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2021-02-09
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2021-02-09
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    Charge satisfied #3
  15. 2021-02-09
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    Charge satisfied #2
  16. 2020-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  17. 2019-04-03
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  18. 2018-07-30
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  19. 2008-06-13
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  20. 2008-04-06
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    SHAW, Elizabeth Anne resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-01-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  22. 2007-03-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  23. 2005-10-01
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    FARRELL, Patrick appointed
    director
  24. 2004-10-04
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    HASLEM, Liam appointed
    director
  25. 2004-09-28
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    Company incorporated
    As TONY PATTERSON SPORTSGROUNDS LTD
  26. 2004-09-28
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    PATTERSON, John appointed
    director
  27. 2004-09-28
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    PATTERSON, Paul appointed
    director
  28. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    PATTERSON, Tony appointed
    director
  29. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    SHAW, Elizabeth Anne appointed
    secretary
  30. 2004-09-28
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    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  31. 2004-09-28
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    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PATTERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Liam Haslem
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Paul Robert Patterson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr John Patterson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Thomas John Patterson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Patrick Farrellceased 12/08/2025· significant influence

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
Incorporated2004-09-28
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

49 Ballynahinch Road
Saintfield
BT24 7ND

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

FARRELL, Patrick→
director · ~53y · appointed 2005-10-01
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Active
HASLEM, Liam→
director · ~54y · appointed 2004-10-04
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Active
PATTERSON, John→
director · ~43y · appointed 2004-09-28
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Active
PATTERSON, Paul→
director · ~46y · appointed 2004-09-28
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Active
PATTERSON, Tony→
director · ~74y · appointed 2004-09-28
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Active
SHAW, Elizabeth Anne→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-28 · resigned 2008-04-06
Resigned
CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-09-28 · resigned 2004-09-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Mortgage or charge1 property13/06/200809/02/2021
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Mortgage or charge1 property28/01/200809/02/2021
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property15/03/2007—
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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-31