LANY EAWA

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NI735299 · private-unlimited · incorporated 2025-11-11
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 3 change-of-name
  • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
    ✏️
    reregistration-assent
    change-of-name · FOA-RR
  2. 2025-11-28
    ✏️
    certificate-re-registration-limited-to-unlimited
    change-of-name · CERT3
  3. 2025-11-28
    ✏️
    reregistration-private-limited-to-private-unlimited-company
    change-of-name · RR05
  4. 2025-11-28
    📄
    re-registration-memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MAR
  5. 2025-11-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LANY EAWA
  6. 2025-11-11
    MCMULLAN, Barry John appointed
    director
  7. 2025-11-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 0.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed 3 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-11-28: reregistration-assent; 2025-11-28: certificate-re-registration-limited-to-unlimited

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry John Mcmullan
Individual · Irish · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/11/2025

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated2025-11-11
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

48 Trench Road Mallusk
Newtownabbey
Co. Antrim
BT36 4TY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due:
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCMULLAN, Barry John
director · ~54y · appointed 2025-11-11
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Recent filings (5 total)

reregistration-assent
change-of-name · FOA-RR
2025-11-28
certificate-re-registration-limited-to-unlimited
change-of-name · CERT3
2025-11-28
reregistration-private-limited-to-private-unlimited-company
change-of-name · RR05
2025-11-28
re-registration-memorandum-articles
incorporation · MAR
2025-11-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-11-11