CAREFORSONS NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
NI684000 · ltd · incorporated 2021-11-24
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46460
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.2y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~3.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
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
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
£3k
↑ 54% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£615£1k£2k£2k£3kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-104.7k—
Current assets£3.1k£2.0k
Debtors£2.0k—
Net assets—£1.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-01-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-19
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-11-09
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2023-10-30
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2023-10-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-14
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2023-03-03
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2023-03-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Wayflyer Financial Designated Activity Company as Security Trustee for the Finance Parties
  10. 2023-02-21
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2023-02-03
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2023-02-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2023-02-03
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2021-11-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAREFORSONS NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITED
  15. 2021-11-24
    ➕
    GILBANE, Adrian appointed
    director
  16. 2021-11-24
    ➕
    KENNEDY, William appointed
    director
  17. 2021-11-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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

Careforsons Holdings (Ireland) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Careforsons Holdings (Ireland) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CAREFORSONS NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITED
This company · NI684000

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Careforsons Holdings (Ireland) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting18/01/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Adrian Gilbaneceased 18/01/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr William Kennedyceased 18/01/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2021-11-24
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC46460 — SIC 46460

Registered office

1 Glassdrumman Road
Poyntzpass
Newry
County Down
BT35 6SZ
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GILBANE, Adrian→
director · ~38y · appointed 2021-11-24
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Active
KENNEDY, William→
director · ~38y · appointed 2021-11-24
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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
Wayflyer Financial Designated Activity Company as Security Trustee for the Finance Parties
A registered charge—02/03/2023—
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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-18
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-11-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-09-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-03-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-02-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-02-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-03