DECORATORS TOUCH BELFAST LIMITED

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NI607079 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-14
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 14.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.8 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees9900

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-22
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  3. 2024-02-26
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  4. 2023-02-28
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  5. 2021-11-09
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  6. 2021-05-18
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    capital · SH01
  7. 2020-12-04
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  8. 2019-11-14
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  9. 2019-02-26
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  10. 2018-01-15
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-12
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  13. 2016-01-14
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-05-12
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  15. 2014-11-25
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-04-30
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  17. 2011-07-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  18. 2011-07-08
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    COLLINS, Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 2011-04-14
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    Company incorporated
    As DECORATORS TOUCH BELFAST LIMITED
  20. 2011-04-14
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    COLLINS, Raymond Irwin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

84/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-28

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Raymond Irwin Collins
Individual · British · DOB 11/1951 · age 75
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-04-14
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC47520 — Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores

Registered office

Unit 9 756 Upper Newtownards Road
Dundonald
Belfast
BT16 1LA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-28OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COLLINS, Andrew→
director · ~39y · appointed 2011-07-08
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Active
COLLINS, Raymond Irwin→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-04-14
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Active

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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
Floating charge1 property29/07/2011—
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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-18