GLENSHANE/CHAMBERS COACH HIRE LTD

🌳Matureactive

NI063111 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-12

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 18.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

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

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Average employees	300	400

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 change-of-name

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-01-19
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-08-27
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accounts · AA
2024-11-27
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2023-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
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accounts · AA
2020-08-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-03
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-08-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-02
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-02-10
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GALLAGHER, Anne appointed
director
2014-02-10
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GALLAGHER, Anne resigned
director
2008-02-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
2007-02-12
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Company incorporated
As GLENSHANE/CHAMBERS COACH HIRE LTD
2007-02-12
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GALLAGHER, Anne appointed
secretary
2007-02-12
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GALLAGHER, Rodney appointed
director
2007-02-12
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KANE, Dorothy May appointed
secretary
2007-02-12
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KANE, Dorothy May resigned
secretary
2007-02-12
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GALLAGHER, Anne appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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

1 med ·

Name changed recently

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-01-19: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Rodney Gallagher Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 08/1974 · age 52	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/02/2017
Mrs Anne Gallagher Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 10/1975 · age 51	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/02/2017

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

Incorporated2007-02-12

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

11a Glenshane Road

Maghera

Co Derry

BT46 5JZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-24

Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GALLAGHER, Anne→

secretary · appointed 2007-02-12

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Active

GALLAGHER, Anne→

director · ~51y · appointed 2014-02-10

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Active

GALLAGHER, Rodney→

director · ~52y · appointed 2007-02-12

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Active

KANE, Dorothy May→

secretary · appointed 2007-02-12 · resigned 2007-02-12

Resigned

GALLAGHER, Anne→

director · ~81y · appointed 2007-02-12 · resigned 2014-02-10

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited	Debenture	1 property	25/02/2008	—

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-10

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2026-01-19

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

accounts · AA

2025-08-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-12

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

accounts · AA

2024-11-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-27

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

accounts · AA

2023-11-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-24

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

accounts · AA

2022-11-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-08-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-03-26

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

accounts · AA

2020-08-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-02-19

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

accounts · AA

2019-08-30