BELFAST CITY SIGHTSEEING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI601088 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-27
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 9.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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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Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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  2. 2024-10-30
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  3. 2024-10-30
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  4. 2024-10-30
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  5. 2024-10-30
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  6. 2024-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-01
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    address · AD01
  9. 2022-10-06
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  10. 2022-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-06
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-08-02
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    MCCOMB, Rodney resigned
    director
  13. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-05
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  16. 2018-09-28
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  17. 2017-10-05
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  18. 2016-10-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  19. 2015-05-22
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    MCCORMICK, Aidan resigned
    director
  20. 2014-02-10
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    QUINN, Kevin Oliver resigned
    director
  21. 2012-07-06
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    CUNNINGHAM, Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2012-07-06
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    TRAVEL IRELAND COACH TOURS LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2012-04-21
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    HARKNESS, Philip David resigned
    director
  24. 2011-09-05
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    MAGILL, Leanne resigned
    director
  25. 2010-08-01
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    HARKNESS, Philip David appointed
    director
  26. 2010-08-01
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    MAGILL, Leanne appointed
    director
  27. 2010-08-01
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    MCCOMB, Rodney appointed
    director
  28. 2010-08-01
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    MCCORMICK, Aidan appointed
    director
  29. 2010-08-01
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    QUINN, Kevin Oliver appointed
    director
  30. 2010-07-30
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    WILSON, Robert John resigned
    director
  31. 2010-02-22
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    LAVELLE, Joseph Noel resigned
    director
  32. 2010-02-22
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    LAVELLE, Lee Paul resigned
    director
  33. 2009-10-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BELFAST CITY SIGHTSEEING LIMITED
  34. 2009-10-27
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    GRIMLEY, George appointed
    director
  35. 2009-10-27
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    LAVELLE, Joseph Noel appointed
    director
  36. 2009-10-27
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    LAVELLE, Lee Paul appointed
    director
  37. 2009-10-27
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    REDPATH, Denise appointed
    director
  38. 2009-10-27
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    REDPATH, Denise resigned
    director
  39. 2009-10-27
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    WILSON, Robert John appointed
    director
  40. 2009-10-27
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    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  41. 2009-10-27
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    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Group structure

Travel Ireland Coach Tours Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Travel Ireland Coach Tours Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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BELFAST CITY SIGHTSEEING LIMITED
This company · NI601088

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Cunningham
Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr George Grimley
Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Travel Ireland Coach Tours Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Incorporated2009-10-27
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Great Victoria Street
Belfast
BT2 7BA
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

CUNNINGHAM, Paul→
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIMLEY, George→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAVEL IRELAND COACH TOURS LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2012-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARKNESS, Philip David→
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-08-01 · resigned 2012-04-21
Resigned
LAVELLE, Joseph Noel→
director · ~77y · appointed 2009-10-27 · resigned 2010-02-22
Resigned
LAVELLE, Lee Paul→
director · ~47y · appointed 2009-10-27 · resigned 2010-02-22
Resigned
MAGILL, Leanne→
director · ~49y · appointed 2010-08-01 · resigned 2011-09-05
Resigned
MCCOMB, Rodney→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-08-01 · resigned 2021-08-02
Resigned
MCCORMICK, Aidan→
director · ~45y · appointed 2010-08-01 · resigned 2015-05-22
Resigned
QUINN, Kevin Oliver→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-08-01 · resigned 2014-02-10
Resigned
REDPATH, Denise→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-10-27 · resigned 2009-10-27
Resigned
WILSON, Robert John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-10-27 · resigned 2010-07-30
Resigned
CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2009-10-27 · resigned 2009-10-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property13/10/2016—
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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-30
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09