BLAYBRIDGE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02614952 · ltd · incorporated 1991-05-28
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 32.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£812.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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 · oldest 32.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 32.7 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 (83/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
120 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £812,321
Net assets shrinking
Down £144,250 YoY
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£29k
↓ 10% YoY
Net Worth
£812k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £28.9k | £32.3k |
| Net assets | £812.3k | £956.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-07-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-06-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-06-06➕TIVERTON BROWN, Jonathan James appointeddirector
- 2024-05-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-21📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-05-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-06-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-06-02➖CANNON, Michael Robin resigneddirector
- 2023-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-02-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2000-07-07➕CANNON, Michael Robin appointeddirector
- 1999-08-31➖HUNTER, Roy Woodman resigneddirector
- 1999-08-27➕MITCHELL, Christopher John appointeddirector
- 1999-08-27➖MITCHELL, Christopher John resigneddirector
- 1997-03-07➕MITCHELL, Christopher John appointedsecretary
- 1997-03-07➖CANNON, Sally Ann Tiverton resignedsecretary
- 1997-03-07➖CANNON, Michael Robin resigneddirector
- 1997-03-07➕HUNTER, Roy Woodman appointeddirector
- 1997-03-07➕MITCHELL, Christopher John appointeddirector
- 1994-05-13🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1993-09-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1991-05-28🏢Company incorporatedAs BLAYBRIDGE LIMITED
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Sally Ann Tiverton Cannon Individual · British · DOB 11/1945 · age 81 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 26/06/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Michael Robin Cannonceased 26/06/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Sally Ann Tiverton Cannonceased 04/04/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-05-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Albert Goodman
Lupin Way
Yeovil
Somerset
BA22 8WW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02
Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)
MITCHELL, Christopher John→
Activesecretary · appointed 1997-03-07
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Active
MITCHELL, Christopher John→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 1999-08-27
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TIVERTON BROWN, Jonathan James→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2024-06-06
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CANNON, Sally Ann Tiverton→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1997-03-07
CANNON, Michael Robin→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 2000-07-07 · resigned 2023-06-02
CANNON, Michael Robin→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · resigned 1997-03-07
HUNTER, Roy Woodman→
Resigneddirector · ~97y · appointed 1997-03-07 · resigned 1999-08-31
MITCHELL, Christopher John→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 1997-03-07 · resigned 1999-08-27
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 2 properties | 13/05/1994 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/09/1993 | — |
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Recent filings (120 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-05-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-17