UQ ST LIMITED

🌱Startupactive

NI727974 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-30

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

5 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-04
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-01
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MCDERMOTT, Darryl appointed
director
2025-08-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-30
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Company incorporated
As UQ ST LIMITED
2025-03-30
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LONG, Conal George appointed
director
2025-03-30
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Conal George Long Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1986 · age 40	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/03/2025

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

Incorporated2025-03-30

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

6 Bayview Terrace

Derry

BT48 7EE

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: —

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-12

Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LONG, Conal George→

director · ~40y · appointed 2025-03-30

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Active

MCDERMOTT, Darryl→

director · ~38y · appointed 2025-09-01

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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-09

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-04-09

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2025-09-04

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-08-19

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2025-03-30