BLANDFORD TOOLS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01589795 · ltd · incorporated 1981-10-07
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 33.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 33.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 33.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
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
98 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
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 500 | 500 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-14📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-01-06📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-01-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2009-04-21🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Gellert Limited
- 1998-06-01➕GREEN, Deborah appointeddirector
- 1998-06-01➖GREEN, Michael resigneddirector
- 1998-06-01➖GREEN, Sylvia Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 1998-05-11➕GREEN, Grant James appointedsecretary
- 1998-05-11➕GREEN, Grant James appointeddirector
- 1998-05-11➖TIZZARD, Philip Ralph Charles resignedsecretary
- 1993-01-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1992-12-31➖BLISS, Michael John resigneddirector
- 1981-10-07🏢Company incorporatedAs BLANDFORD TOOLS LIMITED
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. 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.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Grant James Green Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1981-10-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140
Registered office
C/O Edwards & Keeping
Unity Chambers
34 High East Street Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1HA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-11
Last: 2025-12-28
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
GREEN, Grant James→
Activesecretary · appointed 1998-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GREEN, Deborah→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 1998-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GREEN, Grant James→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 1998-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TIZZARD, Philip Ralph Charles→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1998-05-11
BLISS, Michael John→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · resigned 1992-12-31
GREEN, Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 1998-06-01
GREEN, Sylvia Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · resigned 1998-06-01
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Gellert Gellert Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 21/04/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 05/01/1993 | — |
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Recent filings (98 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-14