A J IRELAND LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC242666 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£34k£69k£103k£137k£172kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets—£164.8k
Current assets—£171.8k
Cash—£131.4k
Debtors—£40.4k
Net assets—£164.1k
Average employees2—

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-01-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-01
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  9. 2022-09-01
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  10. 2022-09-01
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2022-09-01
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2022-09-01
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  13. 2022-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2003-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As A J IRELAND LTD.
  19. 2003-01-21
    ➕
    ORR, Lesley Ann, Dr appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-01-21
    ➕
    IRELAND, Alastair John appointed
    director
  21. 2003-01-21
    ➕
    ORR, Lesley Ann, Dr appointed
    director
  22. 2003-01-21
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-01-21
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-01-21
    ➕
    CODIR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-01-21
    ➖
    CODIR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-01-21
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-01-21
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 "IRELAND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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 Alastair John Ireland
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Dr Lesley Ann Orr
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-01-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

6th Floor Gordon Chambers
90 Mitchell Street
Glasgow
G1 3NQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ORR, Lesley Ann, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IRELAND, Alastair John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ORR, Lesley Ann, Dr→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-21 · resigned 2003-01-21
Resigned
CODIR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-21 · resigned 2003-01-21
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-21 · resigned 2003-01-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-09-01
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-09-01
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-09-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-09-01