BLOXWICH METAL FINISHING CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01554331 · ltd · incorporated 1981-04-01
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 34.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33110
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 34.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
116 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-01-11
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    GROSVENOR, Daniel appointed
    director
  6. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-21
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2020-03-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2019-09-04
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2019-09-03
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-24
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  18. 2014-12-01
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    LYNALL, Betty resigned
    secretary
  19. 2014-12-01
    ➖
    LYNALL, Alan George resigned
    director
  20. 2014-12-01
    ➖
    LYNALL, Betty resigned
    director
  21. 2000-03-30
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    MONK, Anthony Michael resigned
    director
  22. 1998-09-01
    ➕
    GROSVENOR, Mark Anthony Thomas appointed
    director
  23. 1998-07-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  24. 1992-02-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  25. 1981-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BLOXWICH METAL FINISHING CO. LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GROSVENOR, Daniel (same surname) appointed 2024-01-11. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Grosvenor
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1981-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33110 — SIC 33110

Registered office

Unit 8 Field Gate Industrial Works
Walsall
WS1 3DJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GROSVENOR, Daniel→
director · ~31y · appointed 2024-01-11
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Active
GROSVENOR, Mark Anthony Thomas→
director · ~59y · appointed 1998-09-01
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Active
LYNALL, Betty→
secretary · resigned 2014-12-01
Resigned
LYNALL, Alan George→
director · ~82y · resigned 2014-12-01
Resigned
LYNALL, Betty→
director · ~80y · resigned 2014-12-01
Resigned
MONK, Anthony Michael→
director · ~74y · resigned 2000-03-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Legal mortgage2 properties24/07/1998—
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property07/02/1992—
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Recent filings (116 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2020-03-21