HTC MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI066948 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-05

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 18.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.1y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	2900	2900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-18
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officers · AP01
2026-03-09
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CAMPBELL, Mark appointed
director
2026-03-09
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CAMPBELL, Sarah appointed
director
2025-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
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mortgage · MR01
2023-05-04
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Northern Bank Limited
2023-05-02
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mortgage · MR04
2023-05-02
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Charge satisfied #1
2022-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-02
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gazette · DISS40
2022-03-01
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gazette · GAZ1
2022-02-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2016-12-20
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MC ALONAN, Aisling appointed
director
2012-11-19
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CAMPBELL, Justin Daniel appointed
director
2008-04-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
2007-12-13
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CAMPBELL, Justin resigned
director
2007-11-05
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Company incorporated
As HTC MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITED
2007-11-05
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CAMPBELL, Mary appointed
secretary
2007-11-05
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CAMPBELL, Hugh appointed
director
2007-11-05
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CAMPBELL, Mary appointed
director
2007-11-05
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C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-11-05
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C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-11-05
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CAMPBELL, Justin appointed
director
2007-11-05
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CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2007-11-05
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CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-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

-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 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CAMPBELL, Mark (same surname) appointed 2026-03-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Mary Campbell Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Justin Campbell Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1983 · age 43	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Hugh Campbell Individual · Irish · DOB 10/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-11-05

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

1 Annaghmore Road

Coalisland

Dungannon

County Tyrone

BT71 4QZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-19

Last: 2025-11-05