BELFAST CITY VINEYARD CHURCH

🌳Matureactive

NI060526 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-08-15

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 3.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

£1.29M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of religious organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.4y

75/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Charge age ~3.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

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

Directors & officers

19 officers (7 active, 19 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,292,684

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1.3m

↑ 7.8% YoY

Current Assets

£195k

↑ 41% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£1.59M	£1.56M
Current assets	£194.9k	£138.5k
Cash	—	£129.3k
Debtors	£11.3k	£9.2k
Net assets	£1.29M	£1.20M

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.

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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 (50 events)Click to expand

2025-05-13
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accounts · AA
2025-05-13
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officers · AP03
2025-05-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-06
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address · AD01
2025-01-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-13
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RUSSELL, Simon Edward appointed
director
2024-12-02
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MAIRS, Timothy Paul resigned
director
2024-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
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CHARLES, Richard Mathew Beatty appointed
secretary
2023-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-05
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mortgage · MR01
2022-12-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Ulster Community Investment Trust Limited
2022-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-17
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officers · AP01
2018-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-04-23
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GRAHAM, Matthew appointed
director
2018-04-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-04-01
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MAIRS, Timothy Paul appointed
director
2018-04-01
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WRIGHT, David Philip resigned
director
2016-07-11
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CARSON, Alan Roye appointed
director
2016-07-11
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TRUESDALE, Elizabeth appointed
director
2015-08-14
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TWAMLEY, Wendy Noelle Kukuchka Mcnamee resigned
secretary
2015-08-14
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TWAMLEY, Wendy Noelle Kukuchka Mcnamee resigned
director
2015-05-28
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LEWIS, Robert Joseph resigned
director
2015-04-09
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JOHANSON, Jonathan Eric resigned
director
2014-10-24
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SCOTT, Jason Dennis, Reverend resigned
director
2013-09-24
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CARSON, Alan Roye resigned
director
2012-12-12
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CARSON, Alan Roye appointed
director
2011-04-03
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BARR, Darrin Alexander, Dr appointed
director
2011-04-03
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LEWIS, Robert Joseph appointed
director
2011-04-03
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MAGEE, Karen resigned
director
2009-09-01
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BOLDT, Scott David resigned
director
2009-09-01
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SCOTT, Jason Dennis, Reverend appointed
director
2006-11-18
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JOHANSON, Jonathan Eric appointed
director
2006-09-25
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BOLDT, Scott David appointed
director
2006-09-25
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MAGEE, Karen appointed
director
2006-09-25
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WRIGHT, David Philip appointed
director
2006-08-17
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SMITH, Andrew Textor appointed
director
2006-08-17
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TWAMLEY, Wendy Noelle Kukuchka Mcnamee appointed
secretary
2006-08-17
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-08-17
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TWAMLEY, Wendy Noelle Kukuchka Mcnamee appointed
director
2006-08-17
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2006-08-15
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Company incorporated
As BELFAST CITY VINEYARD CHURCH
2006-08-15
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-08-15
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2006-08-15

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC94910 — Activities of religious organisations

Registered office

Belfast City Vineyard Church

92-114 Cavehill Road

Belfast

Antrim

BT15 5BT

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-29

Last: 2025-08-15