FAILTE FEIRSTE THIAR LTD

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NI064806 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-05-22

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.44M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

29 officers (7 active, 29 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

88 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,440,266

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1.4m

↑ 4.4% YoY

Current Assets

£145k

↑ 82% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.44M	£1.38M
Current assets	£145.3k	£79.8k
Net assets	£1.44M	£1.38M

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (71 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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2025-07-08
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BARR, Brian appointed
director
2025-07-08
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officers · AP01
2025-03-31
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officers · TM01
2025-03-31
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officers · TM01
2025-03-31
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officers · TM01
2025-03-28
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O'NEILL, Colin David resigned
director
2025-03-28
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SAVAGE, Stephen Gerard resigned
director
2025-03-28
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WHELAN, Peadar Christopher resigned
director
2024-12-12
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accounts · AA
2024-05-29
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NÍ GHILIN, Grainne Frances resigned
director
2024-05-29
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officers · TM01
2023-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
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accounts · AA
2021-12-15
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officers · TM01
2021-12-10
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MACKEL, Deirdre resigned
director
2021-11-25
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accounts · AA
2021-05-26
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NÍ GHILIN, Grainne Frances appointed
director
2021-05-26
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officers · AP01
2021-05-13
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MAC GIOLLA BHEIN, Ciaran Faolan resigned
director
2021-05-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-14
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O'NEILL, Colin David appointed
director
2020-01-14
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officers · AP01
2019-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-15
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QUIGLEY, Ruth resigned
director
2019-11-15
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officers · TM01
2019-09-03
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MAC GIOLLA BHEIN, Ciaran Faolan appointed
director
2019-09-03
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officers · AP01
2019-07-30
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NÍ LABHRAÍ, Aisling resigned
director
2019-07-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-12-14
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CONNOLLY, Harry Mark appointed
director
2017-12-05
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MCALLISTER, Piarais Sean appointed
director
2017-11-30
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MAC SIACAIS, Gearoid resigned
director
2017-06-20
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RUSSELL, Johnpaul resigned
director
2017-05-24
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FINN, Peter resigned
director
2016-01-28
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NÍ LABHRAÍ, Aisling appointed
director
2015-11-16
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NÍ MHATHÚNA, Eimear resigned
director
2015-11-16
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STONE, Liam resigned
director
2015-11-12
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WHELAN, Peadar Christopher appointed
director
2014-01-01
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CULBERT, Michael resigned
director
2014-01-01
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STONE, Liam appointed
director
2011-12-16
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GAMBLE, Kevin Gerard appointed
director
2011-12-16
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CULBERT, Michael appointed
director
2011-12-16
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KELLY, Seamus resigned
director
2011-12-16
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SAVAGE, Stephen Gerard appointed
director
2010-11-25
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O'HARE, Sean Paul resigned
director
2009-12-11
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KELLY, Seamus appointed
director
2009-12-11
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LONG, Steven resigned
director
2008-11-21
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BOYLAN, Joanne resigned
director

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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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2007-05-22

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC91030 — Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Registered office

217 Falls Road, Belfast Falls Road

Belfast

BT12 6FB

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-12

Last: 2025-05-29