SHERGRIM GROVE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI061610 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-01
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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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

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

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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  2. 2024-07-25
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  3. 2023-07-21
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  4. 2022-07-28
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  5. 2021-08-05
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  6. 2020-10-19
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  7. 2019-08-27
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-03
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    DONAGHY, Ronan appointed
    director
  9. 2019-05-03
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2018-07-30
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  11. 2017-08-14
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  12. 2016-08-03
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  13. 2015-11-09
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  14. 2015-11-09
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  15. 2015-09-14
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  16. 2015-06-30
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    HIGGINS, Derek appointed
    director
  17. 2015-06-30
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    HACKETT, Toni resigned
    secretary
  18. 2015-06-30
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    DEVLIN, Michael Thomas resigned
    director
  19. 2015-06-30
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    HACKETT, Toni resigned
    director
  20. 2015-06-30
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  21. 2006-11-01
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    Company incorporated
    As SHERGRIM GROVE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  22. 2006-11-01
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    HACKETT, Toni appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-11-01
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    DEVLIN, Michael Thomas appointed
    director
  24. 2006-11-01
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    HACKETT, Toni appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

81/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Derek Higgins
Individual · British · DOB 11/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/10/2016

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
Incorporated2006-11-01
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

8 Society Street
Coleraine
County Londonderry
BT52 1LA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DONAGHY, Ronan→
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-05-03
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Active
HIGGINS, Derek→
director · ~77y · appointed 2015-06-30
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Active
HACKETT, Toni→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-01 · resigned 2015-06-30
Resigned
DEVLIN, Michael Thomas→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-11-01 · resigned 2015-06-30
Resigned
HACKETT, Toni→
director · ~48y · appointed 2006-11-01 · resigned 2015-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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2025-09-29
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2025-07-24
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2024-10-21
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accounts · AA
2024-07-25
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2023-10-18
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accounts · AA
2023-07-21
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2022-10-19
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2022-07-28
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2021-10-19
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accounts · AA
2021-08-05
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accounts · AA
2020-10-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-27
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officers · AP01
2019-05-03