NATURE TRAIL (OMAGH) LTD.

💤Zombieactive

NI654104 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-02

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£2.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). 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 (73/100).

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

17 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,274

Net assets shrinking

Down £9,258 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

↓ 80% YoY

Current Assets

£50k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£2.3k	£11.5k
Current assets	£49.9k	£50.2k
Net assets	£2.3k	£11.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand

2025-08-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-01
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-11
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-10-10
📄
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2018-10-10
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-10-10
📄
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2018-07-02
🏢
Company incorporated
As NATURE TRAIL (OMAGH) LTD.
2018-07-02
➕
GORMLEY, Mary Edel, Miss. appointed
director
2018-07-02
📄
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Miss. Mary Edel Gormley Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1959 · age 67	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	02/07/2018

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Retail · BT postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
LAMONT STONE LIMITED→ NI031454 · est 1996	£12.57M £9.43M–£15.71M	—	—	73	29y	87	74y
BLAIR'S CARAVANS LIMITED→ NI012772 · est 1978	£10.95M £8.21M–£13.69M	£13.81M	—	6400	48y	88	58y
BOLAN INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ NI030942 · est 1996	£5.21M £3.91M–£6.52M	—	—	18100	29y	84	72y
CREATIVE GARDENS (NI) LIMITED→ NI043559 · est 2002	£4.31M £3.23M–£5.39M	£13.07M	—	20900	23y	84	77y
MURDOCK HARDWOOD INDUSTRIES LIMITED→ NI015426 · est 1982	£3.94M £2.96M–£4.93M	£14.10M	—	3300	44y	87	63y
R & J FOODS LTD→ NI035741 · est 1999	£3.17M £2.38M–£3.96M	—	—	114	27y	84	64y
ROBINSON'S OF BALLYMENA LTD→ NI601985 · est 2010	£2.20M £1.65M–£2.75M	£11.23M	—	8100	16y	84	66y
STEPHENS CATERING EQUIPMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ NI011092 · est 1975	£2.18M £1.63M–£2.72M	£19.96M	—	9500	50y	85	62y
BASIL KNIPE ELECTRICS LIMITED→ NI070354 · est 2008	£2.04M £1.53M–£2.56M	—	—	4300	17y	87	61y
HENDERSON FOOD HALLS LIMITED→ NI045604 · est 2003	£1.90M £1.42M–£2.37M	—	—	50	23y	83	68y
CHARIOTEER LIMITED→ NI038821 · est 2000	£1.83M £1.37M–£2.29M	£16.58M	—	9400	25y	85	61y
JESROE (SERVICES) LIMITED→ NI033828 · est 1998	£1.19M £889.9k–£1.48M	—	—	3000	28y	87	69y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2018-07-02

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC47290 — Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Registered office

39 Castle Street

Omagh

BT78 1DD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-15

Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GORMLEY, Mary Edel, Miss.→

director · ~67y · appointed 2018-07-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.