J MCCOURT & SON LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
NI662455 · ltd · incorporated 2019-06-21
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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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 08110
Sector: Mining & quarrying
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 38110SIC 38110
  • 38210SIC 38210
  • 39000SIC 39000
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 4 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees300400

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-06-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-03-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-05-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-05-01
    ➕
    MCCOURT, David Andrew appointed
    director
  10. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-04-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-10-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-10-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-10-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-10-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2019-06-21
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    Company incorporated
    As J MCCOURT & SON LTD
  20. 2019-06-21
    ➕
    MCCOURT, Jean Marie appointed
    director
  21. 2019-06-21
    ➕
    MCCOURT, John Thomas appointed
    director
  22. 2019-06-21
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCCOURT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MCCOURT, David Andrew (same surname) appointed 2023-05-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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 John Thomas Mccourt
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control21/06/2019
Mrs Jean Marie Mccourt
Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control21/06/2019

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
Incorporated2019-06-21
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC08110 — SIC 08110

Registered office

143 Colinglen Road
Dunmurry
Belfast
BT17 0NP
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MCCOURT, David Andrew→
director · ~45y · appointed 2023-05-01
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Active
MCCOURT, Jean Marie→
director · ~68y · appointed 2019-06-21
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Active
MCCOURT, John Thomas→
director · ~70y · appointed 2019-06-21
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-29