SYCAMORE CRESCENT LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
NI695299 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-10
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.
🔒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
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 0.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 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
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
14 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
60
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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 mortgage
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-05-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-12-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-11-21🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
- 2025-11-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
- 2025-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-08➕HAUGHEY, Kieran James appointeddirector
- 2025-10-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-10-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-10-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs SYCAMORE CRESCENT LIMITED
- 2023-03-10➕HAUGHEY, James appointeddirector
- 2023-03-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HAUGHEY, James (same surname) appointed 2023-03-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr James Patrick Haughey Individual · Irish · DOB 03/1985 · age 41 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/04/2026 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Care Facilities Limitedceased 01/04/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Mr James Haugheyceased 08/10/2025· 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAUSEWAY LEISURE SERVICES LIMITED→ NI025140 · est 1990 | £1.02M £865.7k–£1.17M | — | £1.02M | — | 35y | 82 | 75y |
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| GARY ALEXANDER LTD→ NI047951 · est 2003 | £194.7k £165.5k–£223.9k | — | £194.7k | — | 22y | 82 | 74y |
| MARKETHILL DISTRICT ENTERPRISES LTD→ NI029898 · est 1995 | £116.1k £98.7k–£133.5k | — | £116.1k | — | 30y | 83 | 84y |
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| BREEN HOLDINGS LIMITED→ NI036678 · est 1999 | £8 £7–£9 | — | £8 | — | 26y | 82 | 61y |
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| BALLYNAGARD PROPERTIES LIMITED→ NI019977 · est 1986 | — | — | — | 0 | 39y | 83 | 88y |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-03-10
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
1 Derryloran Business Centre
Sandholes Road
Cookstown
BT80 9LU
Northern Ireland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-27
Last: 2026-05-13
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HAUGHEY, James→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2023-03-10
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HAUGHEY, Kieran James→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2025-10-08
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/11/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | A registered charge | 3 properties | 21/11/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (14 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-03-10