GIANT MURPHY DISTILLERIES LTD

🌳Matureactive

NI609182 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-26

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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2025-06-04
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2023-11-13
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2023-06-23
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2022-04-20
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2020-11-06
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2020-10-28
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address · AD01
2020-10-07
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2019-10-14
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accounts · AA
2019-10-14
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2019-10-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-06-19
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accounts · AA
2018-06-20
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2017-06-07
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2016-06-28
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2013-06-01
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TINNELLY, Michael Leonard appointed
director
2011-09-26
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Company incorporated
As GIANT MURPHY DISTILLERIES LTD
2011-09-26
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TINNELLY, Christopher appointed
director
2011-09-26
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TINNELLY, George appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George Tinnelly Individual · Irish · DOB 03/1981 · age 45	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	27/09/2018
Mr Christopher Tinnelly Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1986 · age 40	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	27/09/2018
Mr Michael Tinnelly Individual · Irish · DOB 11/1952 · age 74	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2011-09-26

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

13 Greenpark Road

Rostrevor

Newry

BT34 3EY

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-10

Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

TINNELLY, Christopher→

director · ~40y · appointed 2011-09-26

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TINNELLY, George→

director · ~45y · appointed 2011-09-26

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TINNELLY, Michael Leonard→

director · ~74y · appointed 2013-06-01

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