IRELAND BEVERAGE GROUP LTD

🌳Matureactive
NI630109 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-19
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of distribution holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-25
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2022-07-25
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2022-07-20
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2022-06-16
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  10. 2022-03-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-26
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2021-09-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2021-04-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-11-30
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    BRANNIGAN, Colin resigned
    director
  19. 2015-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As IRELAND BEVERAGE GROUP LTD
  20. 2015-03-19
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    BROGAN, Liam appointed
    director
  21. 2015-03-19
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    MCCARTHY, Shane appointed
    director
  22. 2015-03-19
    ➕
    BRANNIGAN, Colin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Shane Mccarthy
Individual · Irish · DOB 10/1986 · age 40
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Liam Brogan
Individual · Irish · DOB 10/1985 · age 41
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-03-19
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC64204 — Activities of distribution holding companies

Registered office

59 Chancellors Road
Newry
Co Down
BT35 8PX
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BROGAN, Liam→
director · ~41y · appointed 2015-03-19
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Active
MCCARTHY, Shane→
director · ~40y · appointed 2015-03-19
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Active
BRANNIGAN, Colin→
director · ~41y · appointed 2015-03-19 · resigned 2018-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-07-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-07-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-07-20
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-09