NI COAL TRADE ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (52/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Recent activity
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2019-09-10📄gazette-dissolved-voluntarygazette · GAZ2(A)
- 2019-09-10🏁Company dissolved
- 2019-06-25📄gazette-notice-voluntarygazette · GAZ1(A)
- 2019-06-18📄dissolution-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS01
- 2019-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-06➖REIHILL, Mark Patrick Phillip resigneddirector
- 2016-03-11🏢Company incorporatedAs NI COAL TRADE ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- 2016-03-11➕CAPPER, Elizabeth Roberta appointeddirector
- 2016-03-11➕HAYES, Alastair appointeddirector
- 2016-03-11➕LOUGHRAN, Michael Cornelius appointeddirector
- 2016-03-11➕REIHILL, Mark Patrick Phillip appointeddirector
- 2016-03-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 high ·Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.
Evidence: Dissolved on 2019-09-10
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