FLORESTA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI067467 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-10
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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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2018-12-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-12-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2018-12-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-12-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As FLORESTA LIMITED
  18. 2007-12-10
    ➕
    TIMONEY, Una appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-12-10
    ➕
    TIMONEY, Ciaran Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2007-12-10
    ➕
    TIMONEY, Una appointed
    director
  21. 2007-12-10
    ➕
    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-12-10
    ➖
    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-12-10
    ➕
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2007-12-10
    ➖
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Una Timoney
Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence10/12/2017
Mr Ciaran Paul Timoney
Individual · Irish · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence10/12/2016

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
Incorporated2007-12-10
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Emerson House 14b Ballynahinch Road
Carryduff
Belfast
BT8 8DN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TIMONEY, Una→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-10
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Active
TIMONEY, Ciaran Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-12-10
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Active
TIMONEY, Una→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-12-10 · resigned 2007-12-10
Resigned
CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-12-10 · resigned 2007-12-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-03-13