LK COMMUNICATIONS (IRELAND) LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

NI055546 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-14

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

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public relations and communications activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 8 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

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,676

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£1.7k	£2.6k
Average employees	700	700

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

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-06-10
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-06-10
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-06-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-15
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-08-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-17
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-06-27
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CRAIG, Trevor Thomas resigned
secretary
2023-06-27
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CRAIG, Trevor Thomas resigned
director
2023-06-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-03
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WRIGHT, Geraldine Anne resigned
director
2022-08-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
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KEANE, John appointed
director
2022-03-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-09
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WRIGHT, Geraldine Anne appointed
director
2021-11-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-28
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-12-31
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CURRAN, Dana resigned
director
2017-09-06
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CURRAN, Dana appointed
director
2014-01-01
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CULLEN, David appointed
director
2005-11-29
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LARKIN, Nicola Jane appointed
director
2005-11-29
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CRAIG, Trevor Thomas appointed
secretary
2005-11-29
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SILCOCK, Claire resigned
secretary
2005-11-29
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CRAIG, Trevor Thomas appointed
director
2005-11-29
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MCKIBBEN, Claire resigned
director
2005-11-29
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SILCOCK, Claire resigned
director
2005-06-24
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SILCOCK, Claire appointed
secretary
2005-06-24
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C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-06-24
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MCKIBBEN, Claire appointed
director
2005-06-24
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SILCOCK, Claire appointed
director
2005-06-24
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CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2005-06-14
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Company incorporated
As LK COMMUNICATIONS (IRELAND) LIMITED
2005-06-14
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C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-06-14
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CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John P Keane Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	31/10/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-06-14

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC70210 — Public relations and communications activities

Registered office

Ardmore House

Pavilions Office Park

Kinnegar Drive

Holywood

BT18 9JQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-03

Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

CULLEN, David→

director · ~55y · appointed 2014-01-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KEANE, John→

director · ~65y · appointed 2022-07-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LARKIN, Nicola Jane→

director · ~53y · appointed 2005-11-29

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CRAIG, Trevor Thomas→

secretary · appointed 2005-11-29 · resigned 2023-06-27

Resigned

SILCOCK, Claire→

secretary · appointed 2005-06-24 · resigned 2005-11-29

Resigned

C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-06-14 · resigned 2005-06-24

Resigned

CRAIG, Trevor Thomas→

director · ~68y · appointed 2005-11-29 · resigned 2023-06-27

Resigned

CURRAN, Dana→

director · ~54y · appointed 2017-09-06 · resigned 2018-12-31

Resigned

MCKIBBEN, Claire→

director · ~49y · appointed 2005-06-24 · resigned 2005-11-29

Resigned

SILCOCK, Claire→

director · ~49y · appointed 2005-06-24 · resigned 2005-11-29

Resigned

WRIGHT, Geraldine Anne→

director · ~40y · appointed 2021-11-09 · resigned 2023-03-03

Resigned

CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2005-06-14 · resigned 2005-06-24

Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2025-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-09-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-06

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2024-06-10

capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares

capital · SH10

2024-06-10

capital-name-of-class-of-shares

capital · SH08

2024-06-10

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2024-06-10

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2023-11-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-08-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-28

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-07-17

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2023-07-17

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-06-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-04-27