PATRICK MURPHY & SONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
NI609409 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-10
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 5.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£146.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.2 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £146,132
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£146k
↑ 136% YoY
Current Assets
£362k
↑ 69% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £159.8k | £71.9k |
| Current assets | £362.5k | £213.9k |
| Debtors | £96.3k | £97.8k |
| Net assets | £146.1k | £61.8k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-11-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-11-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-11-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-11-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-03-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-03-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-03-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Northern Bank Limited
- 2021-02-26➕HUGHES, James Peter appointeddirector
- 2021-02-26➕MCGINN, Grainne Monica appointeddirector
- 2021-02-26➖MCPOLIN, Gerard resigneddirector
- 2021-02-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-02-16➕HUGHES, Gerard appointeddirector
- 2020-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2011-10-10🏢Company incorporatedAs PATRICK MURPHY & SONS LIMITED
- 2011-10-10➕MCPOLIN, Gerard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 James Peter Hughes Individual · Irish · DOB 09/1987 · age 39 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 26/02/2021 |
Mr Gerard Hughes Individual · Irish · DOB 09/1981 · age 45 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 26/02/2021 |
Mrs Grainne Maginn Individual · Irish · DOB 05/1975 · age 51 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 26/02/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Gerard Mcpolinceased 26/02/2021· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| S&R MOONEY LIMITED→ NI654265 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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| SOMERSET FURNISHINGS (NI) LTD→ NI601501 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-10-10
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC47220 — Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores
Registered office
8-9 Abbey Yard
Newry
Co. Down
BT34 2EG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
HUGHES, Gerard→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2021-02-16
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HUGHES, James Peter→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2021-02-26
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MCGINN, Grainne Monica→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2021-02-26
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MCPOLIN, Gerard→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2011-10-10 · resigned 2021-02-26
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited | A registered charge | — | 03/03/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (40 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-11-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-11-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-11-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-11-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-21