SPECIALIST INSTALLATIONS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
NI646174 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-01
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
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.6y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-24
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2023-10-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  6. 2022-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2021-04-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-08
    ➕
    O'HAGAN, Ciaran Patrick appointed
    director
  12. 2021-01-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-03-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2019-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2017-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As SPECIALIST INSTALLATIONS LIMITED
  18. 2017-06-01
    ➕
    O'HAGAN, John Bosco appointed
    director
  19. 2017-06-01
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Specialist Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Specialist Group Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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SPECIALIST INSTALLATIONS LIMITED
This company · NI646174

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Specialist Group Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/02/2021
John Bosco O'Hagan
Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 01/1947 · age 79
75–100%
—board control75-100% shares · board control01/06/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Specialist Joinery Fittings Limitedceased 28/02/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2017-06-01
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

100 Coleraine Road
Maghera
Londonderry
BT46 5BP
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-14
Last: 2025-05-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

O'HAGAN, Ciaran Patrick→
director · ~45y · appointed 2021-01-08
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Active
O'HAGAN, John Bosco→
director · ~79y · appointed 2017-06-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge—20/10/2023—
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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-04-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-08