VILLAGE INN (PORTGLENONE) LTD

🌳Matureactive
NI611138 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-10
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-72
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £72
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,322 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£72
↓ 101% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 38% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£72£3k£6k£8k£11k£14kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£1.5k£8.8k
Current assets£8.8k£14.1k
Net assets£-72£7.3k

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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  2. 2025-08-20
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  3. 2024-11-19
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-01
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    FRIARY, Ian appointed
    director
  5. 2023-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2022-09-14
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  7. 2021-11-12
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  8. 2020-12-13
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  9. 2019-11-28
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  10. 2018-07-04
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  11. 2017-11-30
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  12. 2016-08-23
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  13. 2016-04-19
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  14. 2015-08-12
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  15. 2015-02-23
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  16. 2014-07-02
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  17. 2012-03-01
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    HEFFRON, Stella appointed
    director
  18. 2012-03-01
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    ADAMS, Chris resigned
    director
  19. 2012-02-10
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    Company incorporated
    As VILLAGE INN (PORTGLENONE) LTD
  20. 2012-02-10
    ➕
    ADAMS, Chris appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Stella Heffron
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting10/02/2017

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
Incorporated2012-02-10
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

50 Main Street
Portglenone
Ballymena
County Antrim
BT44 8HS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

FRIARY, Ian→
director · ~62y · appointed 2024-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEFFRON, Stella→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADAMS, Chris→
director · ~48y · appointed 2012-02-10 · resigned 2012-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-28