V A GENERATORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI067643 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-03
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 14.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees200100

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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  2. 2024-10-31
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  3. 2024-01-30
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  4. 2023-02-23
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  5. 2023-02-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2023-01-31
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  7. 2021-10-29
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  8. 2021-01-31
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  9. 2019-10-31
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  10. 2018-10-31
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  11. 2017-10-31
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  12. 2016-10-31
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  13. 2016-01-04
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  14. 2015-10-30
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  15. 2015-01-05
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  16. 2014-10-29
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  17. 2012-01-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
  18. 2008-01-03
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    Company incorporated
    As V A GENERATORS LIMITED
  19. 2008-01-03
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    DALY, Anne Kathleen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-01-03
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    DALY, Anne Kathleen appointed
    director
  21. 2008-01-03
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    DALY, Vincent John appointed
    director
  22. 2008-01-03
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    KANE, Dorothy May appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-01-03
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    KANE, Dorothy May resigned
    secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +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

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Vincent John Daly
Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting03/01/2017

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
Incorporated2008-01-03
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

27 Camcosy Road
Drumlea
Omagh
BT79 7SF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-16
Last: 2026-01-02

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DALY, Anne Kathleen→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-03
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Active
DALY, Anne Kathleen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-01-03
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Active
DALY, Vincent John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-01-03
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Active
KANE, Dorothy May→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-03 · resigned 2008-01-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank Limited
Mortgage debenture1 property05/01/201223/02/2023

Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-31