ORPINS MILL MANAGEMENT LTD

💤Zombieactive

NI062093 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-07

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (67/100)

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

7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

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	2025-12-31	2024-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-02-10
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2025-03-14
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2024-03-20
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2023-02-01
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2022-02-01
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2021-02-15
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2020-02-17
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2019-01-22
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2018-02-02
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2017-01-30
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2016-12-19
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officers · TM02
2016-12-06
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MCLOUGHLIN, Priscilla resigned
secretary
2016-01-07
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accounts · AA
2015-12-12
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2015-01-29
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accounts · AA
2014-12-18
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2012-01-04
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MCLOUGHLIN, Priscilla appointed
secretary
2011-05-26
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MCCOMBE, Rosemary resigned
secretary
2007-11-26
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TOPPING, John Walter appointed
director
2007-11-26
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DRAYNE, Eamonn resigned
secretary
2007-11-26
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MCCOMBE, Rosemary appointed
secretary
2007-11-13
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MONTGOMERY, John Wallace resigned
director
2006-12-07
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Company incorporated
As ORPINS MILL MANAGEMENT LTD
2006-12-07
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DRAYNE, Eamonn appointed
secretary
2006-12-07
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C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-12-07
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C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-12-07
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MONTGOMERY, John Wallace appointed
director
2006-12-07
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CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2006-12-07
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CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-12-07

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

3 Dixons Corner

Doagh

Ballyclare

County Antrim

BT39 0UF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-16

Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

TOPPING, John Walter→

director · ~80y · appointed 2007-11-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DRAYNE, Eamonn→

secretary · appointed 2006-12-07 · resigned 2007-11-26

Resigned

MCCOMBE, Rosemary→

secretary · appointed 2007-11-26 · resigned 2011-05-26

Resigned

MCLOUGHLIN, Priscilla→

secretary · appointed 2012-01-04 · resigned 2016-12-06

Resigned

C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-12-07 · resigned 2006-12-07

Resigned

MONTGOMERY, John Wallace→

director · ~76y · appointed 2006-12-07 · resigned 2007-11-13

Resigned

CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2006-12-07 · resigned 2006-12-07

Resigned

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