B-LOONY (U.K.) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01815839 · ltd · incorporated 1984-05-14
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 35.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 35.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 35.1 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
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
119 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£200£400£600£800£1kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-302024-03-30
Total assets£1.0k£1.0k
Current assets£1.0k£1.0k
Net assets£1.0k£1.0k

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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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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  2. 2025-01-07
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  3. 2024-12-10
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    MACINNES, Andrew Ronald Evelyn resigned
    director
  4. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2023-12-21
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  6. 2023-08-22
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  8. 2023-03-17
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  9. 2023-02-10
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    HARTLEY, Geoffrey Howard Raymond resigned
    director
  10. 2022-11-23
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  15. 2022-03-03
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  16. 2021-06-16
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  17. 2021-03-26
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  18. 2019-12-16
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  19. 2018-12-20
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  20. 2011-01-31
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    BROCKHURST, Philip Harvey resigned
    secretary
  21. 2011-01-31
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    BROCKHURST, Philip Harvey resigned
    director
  22. 2001-09-21
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    BROCKHURST, Philip Harvey appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-09-21
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    HARTLEY, Anthea Elizabeth Denise resigned
    secretary
  24. 2001-09-21
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    HARTLEY, Anthea Elizabeth Denise resigned
    director
  25. 2001-09-21
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    MACINNES, Andrew Ronald Evelyn appointed
    director
  26. 1995-02-10
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    CLEPHAN, James Hunter appointed
    director
  27. 1993-03-31
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    BOWD, Barry John resigned
    director
  28. 1993-01-01
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    CUSSELL, Michael Damon appointed
    director
  29. 1991-05-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  30. 1984-05-14
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    Company incorporated
    As B-LOONY (U.K.) LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. 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 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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.)

Group structure

B-Loony Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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B-Loony Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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B-LOONY (U.K.) LIMITED
This company · 01815839

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
B-Loony Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated1984-05-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Cape House
Bellingdon Road
Chesham
Buckinghamshire
HP5 2HQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-10
Last: 2025-07-27

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

CLEPHAN, James Hunter→
director · ~66y · appointed 1995-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUSSELL, Michael Damon→
director · ~64y · appointed 1993-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROCKHURST, Philip Harvey→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-21 · resigned 2011-01-31
Resigned
HARTLEY, Anthea Elizabeth Denise→
secretary · resigned 2001-09-21
Resigned
BOWD, Barry John→
director · ~75y · resigned 1993-03-31
Resigned
BROCKHURST, Philip Harvey→
director · ~77y · resigned 2011-01-31
Resigned
HARTLEY, Anthea Elizabeth Denise→
director · ~79y · resigned 2001-09-21
Resigned
HARTLEY, Geoffrey Howard Raymond→
director · ~79y · resigned 2023-02-10
Resigned
MACINNES, Andrew Ronald Evelyn→
director · ~72y · appointed 2001-09-21 · resigned 2024-12-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Debenture1 property09/05/1991—
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Recent filings (119 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-21