HMV NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NF003326 · oversea-company · incorporated 1997-03-10

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

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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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Investor take

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Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

no address, no SIC, incorporation date

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

22 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2008-11-18
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legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2007-11-09
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legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2006-12-15
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legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2006-12-14
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legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2006-09-28
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FOX, Simon Richard appointed
director
2006-09-28
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GILES, Alan James resigned
director
2005-12-04
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legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2004-09-13
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legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2004-02-26
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legacy
officers · 6421C(NI)
2003-11-12
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legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2003-10-24
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ELAINE appointed
director
2003-10-08
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legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2003-09-19
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legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2003-08-01
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legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2003-07-01
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HOWELL, Peter Graham resigned
director
2003-07-01
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LYMAIN, Michael Gerald appointed
director
2002-07-29
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legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2002-07-12
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GILES, Alan James appointed
director
2002-07-12
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TOMBLIN, Denise Lynne resigned
director
2001-07-22
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legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-07-22
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legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-07-22
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legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-07-22
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legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-06-07
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legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2001-06-04
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BELL, Duncan Charles resigned
director
2001-06-04
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HOWELL, Peter Graham appointed
director
2001-06-04
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TOMBLIN, Denise Lynne appointed
director
2000-06-02
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legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
1999-05-15
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legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
1998-09-16
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legacy
accounts · 233(NI)
1997-05-23
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legacy
accounts · 650A(NI)
1997-03-10
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Company incorporated
As HMV NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITED
1997-03-10
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BRIGHT, Neil Irvine appointed
secretary
1997-03-10
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MARRINER, Elaine appointed
secretary
1997-03-10
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MCALLISTER, Stuart appointed
director
1997-03-10
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BELL, Duncan Charles appointed
director
1997-03-10
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legacy
other · 641(NI)
1955-02-20
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LYMAIN, Michael Gerald resigned
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeoversea-company

Incorporated1997-03-10

Jurisdictionunited-kingdom

Primary SIC—

Registered office

Units 3 & 4

Donegall Arcade

Belfast

Filing status

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