TEMPLE (N.I.) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI633388 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-03
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£857.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (58/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
22 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £857,777

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£858k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£1.0m
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£205k£409k£614k£819k£1.0mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£969.9k£867.5k
Current assets£1.02M£917.2k
Debtors£161.7k£279.3k
Net assets£857.8k£716.3k

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

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Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-10
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  2. 2024-06-28
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  3. 2023-07-10
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    MCKAY, Joanne appointed
    director
  4. 2023-07-10
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-06-14
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  6. 2022-06-30
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  7. 2021-09-30
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  8. 2020-10-22
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  9. 2019-09-13
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  10. 2018-06-30
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  12. 2017-07-07
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  13. 2015-09-03
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    Company incorporated
    As TEMPLE (N.I.) LIMITED
  14. 2015-09-03
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    MCKAY, Brendan Niall appointed
    director
  15. 2015-09-03
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Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brendan Niall Mckay
Individual · British · DOB 08/1986 · age 40
——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
Incorporated2015-09-03
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

82 Carry Duff Road
Lisburn
Co Antrim
BT27 6UA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-16
Last: 2025-09-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCKAY, Brendan Niall→
director · ~40y · appointed 2015-09-03
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Active
MCKAY, Joanne→
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-07-10
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
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2025-06-10
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2024-09-13
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2024-06-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05
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officers · AP01
2023-07-10
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accounts · AA
2023-06-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
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accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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2021-09-30
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2021-09-08
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2020-10-22
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2020-09-15
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2019-09-16
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accounts · AA
2019-09-13