BLM CHRISTOPHER LEE FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03766400 · ltd · incorporated 1999-05-07
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,170

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
Current Assets
£5k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£3.2k
Current assets£4.5k
Net assets£3.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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  2. 2025-03-26
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  3. 2024-11-01
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  4. 2024-01-16
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  5. 2023-03-15
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  6. 2022-03-30
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  7. 2021-04-22
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  8. 2020-03-24
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  9. 2019-02-25
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  10. 2018-06-20
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  11. 2018-06-20
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  12. 2018-05-14
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  13. 2018-05-14
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  14. 2018-05-14
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  15. 2018-03-26
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  16. 2017-12-20
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    accounts · AA01
  17. 1999-05-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BLM CHRISTOPHER LEE FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 1999-05-07
    ➕
    SALE, Stephen Trevor appointed
    secretary
  19. 1999-05-07
    ➕
    MALKIN, Christopher Gary appointed
    director
  20. 1999-05-07
    ➕
    SALE, Stephen Trevor appointed
    director
  21. 1999-05-07
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-05-07
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-05-07
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1999-05-07
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Christopher Gary Malkin
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Stephen Trevor Sale
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated1999-05-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

24-26 Mansfield Road
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 2DT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-21
Last: 2026-05-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SALE, Stephen Trevor→
secretary · appointed 1999-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MALKIN, Christopher Gary→
director · ~67y · appointed 1999-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SALE, Stephen Trevor→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-05-07 · resigned 1999-05-07
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-05-07 · resigned 1999-05-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
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accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-24