M & K HOLDINGS (IRELAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI057163 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-11
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£4.52M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,524,031
Cash YoY
+1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.4m
~ YoY
Net Worth
£4.5m
↑ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£4.2m
↑ 48% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£905k£1.8m£2.7m£3.6m£4.5mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-302024-05-30
Total assets£4.59M£3.24M
Current assets£4.23M£2.86M
Cash£2.42M£2.41M
Net assets£4.52M£3.15M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-08
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  4. 2024-05-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2024-05-08
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  6. 2024-05-08
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2024-04-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-04-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2024-04-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2024-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-03-02
    ➕
    RAFFERTY, Kevin Patrick appointed
    director
  12. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-11-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-11-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2022-11-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2022-11-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2005-11-11
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    Company incorporated
    As M & K HOLDINGS (IRELAND) LIMITED
  21. 2005-11-11
    ➕
    RAFFERTY, Kevin Patrick appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-11-11
    ➕
    RAFFERTY, Nigel appointed
    director
  23. 2005-11-11
    ➕
    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2005-11-11
    ➖
    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2005-11-11
    ➕
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 2005-11-11
    ➖
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +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.
  • +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

86/100
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.
  • 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.
  • 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

Mk Holding 1 Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Mk Holding 1 Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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M & K HOLDINGS (IRELAND) LIMITED
This company · NI057163

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mk Holding 1 Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/03/2024
Mr Kevin Patrick Rafferty
Individual · Irish · DOB 05/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Nigel Raffertyceased 01/03/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2005-11-11
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC28290 — SIC 28290

Registered office

55 Cappagh Road
Dungannon
Co Tyrone
BT70 2PD
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

RAFFERTY, Kevin Patrick→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-11
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Active
RAFFERTY, Kevin Patrick→
director · ~74y · appointed 2024-03-02
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Active
RAFFERTY, Nigel→
director · ~46y · appointed 2005-11-11
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Active
C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-11-11 · resigned 2005-11-11
Resigned
CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-11-11 · resigned 2005-11-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-05-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-05-08
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-05-08
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-05-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-04-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08