NORTHERN CONFECTIONERS LTD

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NI614585 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-21
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
£21.97M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,251,337
Turnover YoY
+2%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Turnover£21.97M£21.55M
Gross profit£2.55M£2.35M
Operating profit£1.20M£1.13M
Profit before tax£1.25M£1.16M
Average employees28003000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-21
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  2. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-11-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  11. 2018-06-15
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  12. 2017-07-28
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  13. 2016-05-26
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-05-15
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    capital · SH01
  16. 2012-09-21
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    Company incorporated
    As NORTHERN CONFECTIONERS LTD
  17. 2012-09-21
    ➕
    DEVLIN, Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2012-09-21
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    DEVLIN, Brian appointed
    director
  19. 2012-09-21
    ➕
    DEVLIN, Mary appointed
    director
  20. 2012-09-21
    ➕
    DEVLIN, Maurice 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 84 — 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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Maurice Devlin
Individual · Irish · DOB 11/1980 · age 46
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting29/10/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Brian James Devlinceased 29/10/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2012-09-21
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC46360 — Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery

Registered office

58 Old Eglish Road
Dungannon
Co. Tyrone
BT71 7PA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

DEVLIN, Mary→
secretary · appointed 2012-09-21
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Active
DEVLIN, Brian→
director · ~84y · appointed 2012-09-21
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Active
DEVLIN, Mary→
director · ~82y · appointed 2012-09-21
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Active
DEVLIN, Maurice→
director · ~46y · appointed 2012-09-21
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Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-11