MONEYGAL CONSTRUCTION LTD

💤Zombieactive

NI616668 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-07

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£159.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Day-to-day, this Northern Ireland-based construction firm most likely carries out joinery installation work — fitting doors, windows, staircases, and other timber fixtures — serving residential or commercial clients in and around Castlederg, County Tyrone.

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £159,163

Net assets shrinking

Down £162,918 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£159k

↓ 51% YoY

Current Assets

£40k

↓ 81% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Total assets	£394.0k	£572.1k
Current assets	£39.7k	£204.7k
Cash	—	£79.3k
Debtors	£14.7k	£20.4k
Net assets	£159.2k	£322.1k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-11-26
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2024-11-21
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2024-02-15
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2022-11-30
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2021-11-30
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2021-02-28
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2021-02-26
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2021-02-26
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2019-11-29
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2018-06-29
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2017-10-25
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2016-11-29
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2016-02-15
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2015-11-02
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2015-02-16
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2013-02-07
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Company incorporated
As MONEYGAL CONSTRUCTION LTD
2013-02-07
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KELLY, James Oliver appointed
director

Owner dependency

80/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Kelly Individual · Irish · DOB 09/1975 · age 51	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2017

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

Incorporated2013-02-07

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

10a Mournebeg Road

Castlederg

Co. Tyrone

BT81 7XS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-21

Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KELLY, James Oliver→

director · ~51y · appointed 2013-02-07

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Active

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Recent filings (28 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-11-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-11-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-02-15

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-09

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-11-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2021-11-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2021-02-28

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2021-02-26

withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement

persons-with-significant-control · PSC09

2021-02-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-02-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-02-19