ARDILES INVESTMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
NI068707 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-02
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 2 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
55 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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  2. 2025-03-24
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  3. 2023-12-21
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  4. 2023-02-16
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  5. 2021-11-09
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  6. 2021-03-24
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  7. 2020-01-31
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  8. 2019-03-27
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  9. 2019-01-08
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    MCCRORY, Niall Patrick appointed
    secretary
  10. 2019-01-08
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    HARKIN, Ciaran Joseph resigned
    secretary
  11. 2019-01-08
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  12. 2019-01-08
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  14. 2017-05-26
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  15. 2017-01-30
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  16. 2016-09-29
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    HARKIN, Ciaran Joseph appointed
    secretary
  17. 2016-09-29
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    HUDDLESTON, Michael Burnett resigned
    secretary
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  20. 2012-06-20
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    HUDDLESTON, Michael Burnett appointed
    secretary
  21. 2012-06-18
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    MCAULEY, Benjamin David resigned
    secretary
  22. 2008-05-01
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    MCAULEY, Benjamin David appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-05-01
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    MORELAND, Penelope resigned
    secretary
  24. 2008-04-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ARDILES INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  25. 2008-04-02
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    MORELAND, Michael Andrew Dawson appointed
    director
  26. 2008-04-02
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    DOHERTY, David appointed
    secretary
  27. 2008-04-02
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    DOHERTY, David resigned
    secretary
  28. 2008-04-02
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    MORELAND, Penelope appointed
    secretary
  29. 2008-04-02
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    BRADLEY, Anthony appointed
    director
  30. 2008-04-02
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    BRADLEY, Anthony resigned
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 Michael Andrew Dawson Moreland
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-04-02
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Belfast Mills
Percy Street
Belfast
BT13 2HW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

MCCRORY, Niall Patrick→
secretary · appointed 2019-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORELAND, Michael Andrew Dawson→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOHERTY, David→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-02 · resigned 2008-04-02
Resigned
HARKIN, Ciaran Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2016-09-29 · resigned 2019-01-08
Resigned
HUDDLESTON, Michael Burnett→
secretary · appointed 2012-06-20 · resigned 2016-09-29
Resigned
MCAULEY, Benjamin David→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-01 · resigned 2012-06-18
Resigned
MORELAND, Penelope→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-02 · resigned 2008-05-01
Resigned
BRADLEY, Anthony→
director · ~41y · appointed 2008-04-02 · resigned 2008-04-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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2025-11-24
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2025-03-24
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2025-02-17
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2024-03-01
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2023-12-21
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2023-03-16
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2023-02-16
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2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
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2021-03-29
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2021-03-24
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2020-03-30
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2020-01-31
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2019-04-04