ROBINSON'S OF BALLYMENA LTD

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NI601985 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-02
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 15.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£11.23M
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.6y

80/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
57 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
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £558,925

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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Turnover£11.23M—
Gross profit£2.84M—
Profit before tax£558.9k—
Average employees81007900

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-06
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    officers · CH03
  3. 2026-02-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  4. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  5. 2024-11-15
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  6. 2024-01-11
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  7. 2023-06-30
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  8. 2023-06-30
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  9. 2023-06-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2023-06-30
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  11. 2022-08-24
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  12. 2021-09-06
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-07-27
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    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2021-07-27
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  15. 2021-05-18
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    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2021-05-18
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    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2021-05-18
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    Charge satisfied #2
  18. 2021-05-18
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2021-04-28
    ➕
    ROBINSON, David Benjamin appointed
    director
  20. 2021-04-28
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    ROBINSON, James Daniel appointed
    director
  21. 2021-04-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2021-04-28
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    officers · CH01
  23. 2021-04-28
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  24. 2021-04-28
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  25. 2010-10-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
  26. 2010-10-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
  27. 2010-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ROBINSON'S OF BALLYMENA LTD
  28. 2010-02-02
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Finlay appointed
    secretary
  29. 2010-02-02
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Robert Kenneth appointed
    director
  30. 2010-02-02
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Thomas Finlay appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ROBINSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Brocklamont Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Brocklamont Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ROBINSON'S OF BALLYMENA LTD
This company · NI601985

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Brocklamont Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting02/02/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Thomas Finlay Robinsonceased 02/02/2021· 50-75% shares
  • Mr Robert Kenneth Robinsonceased 02/02/2021· 25-50% shares

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-02-02
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

207 Cullybackey Road
Ballymena
Co. Antrim
BT43 5JH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

ROBINSON, Finlay→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-02
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Active
ROBINSON, David Benjamin→
director · ~31y · appointed 2021-04-28
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Active
ROBINSON, James Daniel→
director · ~26y · appointed 2021-04-28
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Active
ROBINSON, Robert Kenneth→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-02-02
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Active
ROBINSON, Thomas Finlay→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-02-02
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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge—27/07/2021—
satisfied
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank Limited
Security assignment1 property07/10/201018/05/2021
satisfied
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank Limited
Mortgage debenture1 property07/10/201018/05/2021
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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-06-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-24