COA COMMUNITY GROUP

🌳Matureactive

NI604118 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2010-08-17

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 14.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£4.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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 14.7y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 14.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,530

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,424 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£5k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£4.5k	£6.0k
Current assets	£4.5k	£6.0k
Net assets	£4.5k	£6.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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2024-11-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2024-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-05-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-09-08
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
annual-return · AR01
2015-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2014-09-01
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
annual-return · AR01
2014-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2011-08-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
2010-08-17
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Company incorporated
As COA COMMUNITY GROUP
2010-08-17
➕
HARTE, Thomas Anthony appointed
secretary
2010-08-17
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DONNELLY, Brendan Thomas appointed
director
2010-08-17
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HARTE, Thomas Anthony appointed
director
2010-08-17
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MCCARNEY, Kathleen Anne appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Brendan Donnelly Individual · Irish · DOB 02/1950 · age 76	—	—	board controlboard control · trust interest · firm interest	01/08/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2010-08-17

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

46 Chapel Road

Coa

Ballinamallard

Co Fermanagh

BT94 2BE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-06

Last: 2025-05-23

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

HARTE, Thomas Anthony→

secretary · appointed 2010-08-17

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Active

DONNELLY, Brendan Thomas→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-08-17

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Active

HARTE, Thomas Anthony→

director · ~73y · appointed 2010-08-17

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Active

MCCARNEY, Kathleen Anne→

director · ~75y · appointed 2010-08-17

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Department of Agriculture and Rural Development	Debenture	1 property	31/08/2011	—

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