BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (DERRY) HOLDINGS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
NI070498 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-16
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (3 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £450,845

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Profit before tax£450.8k£683.8k
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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-02-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-02-26
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    JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth appointed
    director
  6. 2024-02-26
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    MCDONAGH, John resigned
    director
  7. 2023-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  9. 2023-08-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2023-08-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-07-28
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2023-07-28
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  13. 2023-07-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2023-07-17
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  15. 2023-07-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2023-07-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2023-07-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2023-07-04
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    RESOLIS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2023-07-04
    ➕
    HEPBURN, Paul Robert, Mr. appointed
    director
  20. 2023-07-04
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    DUFFY, Patrick resigned
    secretary
  21. 2023-07-04
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    LIMITED, Resolis appointed
    secretary
  22. 2023-07-04
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    LIMITED, Resolis resigned
    secretary
  23. 2023-07-04
    ➖
    DUFFY, Patrick Matthew resigned
    director
  24. 2023-07-04
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    O'HARE, Eamon resigned
    director
  25. 2023-06-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  26. 2023-06-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  27. 2023-05-31
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    MCDONAGH, John appointed
    director
  28. 2023-05-31
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    MCKENNA, Leo William resigned
    director
  29. 2023-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  30. 2023-05-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  31. 2022-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  32. 2021-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  33. 2019-03-31
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    MALLION, Stephen John resigned
    director
  34. 2018-08-30
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    JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth resigned
    director
  35. 2018-08-30
    ➕
    MCKENNA, Leo William appointed
    director
  36. 2015-10-05
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    GORDON, John Stephen resigned
    director
  37. 2015-10-05
    ➕
    JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth appointed
    director
  38. 2015-05-18
    ➕
    GORDON, John Stephen appointed
    director
  39. 2015-05-18
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    PHILIPSZ, Joseph Eugene resigned
    director
  40. 2014-11-03
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    HARRIS, John David resigned
    director
  41. 2014-11-03
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    PHILIPSZ, Joseph Eugene appointed
    director
  42. 2013-02-11
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    FIELD, Christopher Richard resigned
    director
  43. 2013-02-11
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    HARRIS, John David appointed
    director
  44. 2009-10-01
    ➖
    HEPBURN, Paul Robert, Mr. resigned
    director
  45. 2009-10-01
    ➕
    MALLION, Stephen John appointed
    director
  46. 2008-12-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
  47. 2008-09-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (DERRY) HOLDINGS LIMITED
  48. 2008-09-16
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    DUFFY, Patrick appointed
    secretary
  49. 2008-09-16
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    DUFFY, Patrick Matthew appointed
    director
  50. 2008-09-16
    ➕
    FIELD, Christopher Richard appointed
    director
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Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Pfi 2005 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Bes Ppp Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (DERRY) HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · NI070498

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Pfi 2005 Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/09/2016
Bes Ppp Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/09/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-09-16
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Soloist Building
1 Lanyon Place
Belfast
BT1 3LP
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13

Officers (3 active · 13 resigned)

RESOLIS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2023-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEPBURN, Paul Robert, Mr.→
director · ~57y · appointed 2023-07-04
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Active
JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth→
director · ~61y · appointed 2024-02-26
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Active
DUFFY, Patrick→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-16 · resigned 2023-07-04
Resigned
LIMITED, Resolis→
secretary · appointed 2023-07-04 · resigned 2023-07-04
Resigned
DUFFY, Patrick Matthew→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-09-16 · resigned 2023-07-04
Resigned
FIELD, Christopher Richard→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-09-16 · resigned 2013-02-11
Resigned
GORDON, John Stephen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-05-18 · resigned 2015-10-05
Resigned
HARRIS, John David→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-02-11 · resigned 2014-11-03
Resigned
HEPBURN, Paul Robert, Mr.→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-09-16 · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned
JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-10-05 · resigned 2018-08-30
Resigned
MALLION, Stephen John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-10-01 · resigned 2019-03-31
Resigned
MCDONAGH, John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2023-05-31 · resigned 2024-02-26
Resigned
MCKENNA, Leo William→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-08-30 · resigned 2023-05-31
Resigned
O'HARE, Eamon→
director · ~78y · appointed 2008-09-16 · resigned 2023-07-04
Resigned
PHILIPSZ, Joseph Eugene→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-11-03 · resigned 2015-05-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
Debenture1 property03/12/2008—
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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-09-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-08-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-07-28
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2023-07-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-07-17
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-07-17