HUGHES JOINERY & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
NI686880 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-24
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41202Construction of domestic buildings
  • 43120Site preparation
  • 43320Joinery installation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-11-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-11-23
    ➕
    MCPARLAND, Arthur appointed
    director
  7. 2023-08-09
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2023-05-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2023-05-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-05-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-04-28
    ➖
    MURPHY, Darragh resigned
    director
  12. 2022-03-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HUGHES JOINERY & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
  13. 2022-03-24
    ➕
    HUGHES, Thomas Desmond appointed
    director
  14. 2022-03-24
    ➕
    MURPHY, Darragh appointed
    director
  15. 2022-03-24
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HUGHES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Arthur Mcparland
Individual · Irish · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/11/2023
Mr Thomas Desmond Hughes
Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 10/1990 · age 36
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/03/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Darragh Murphyceased 28/04/2023· 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
Incorporated2022-03-24
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

15a Quarter Road
Camlough
Newry
BT35 7EY
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HUGHES, Thomas Desmond→
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-03-24
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Active
MCPARLAND, Arthur→
director · ~63y · appointed 2023-11-23
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Active
MURPHY, Darragh→
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-03-24 · resigned 2023-04-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-24