BLS (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04010046 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-07
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 19.6y 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: Activities of real estate investment trusts
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 19.6y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.6 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
67 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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  3. 2024-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-06-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-09-15
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    HUSSAIN, Paula appointed
    director
  7. 2023-09-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-14
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  12. 2019-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2018-09-27
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  14. 2017-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-09-07
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  16. 2016-08-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-03-28
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    AMIN, Hemantkumar Manmohan resigned
    secretary
  18. 2013-03-28
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    AMIN, Hemantkumar Manmohan resigned
    director
  19. 2006-12-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  20. 2002-04-24
    ➕
    AMIN, Hemantkumar Manmohan appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-04-24
    ➖
    HUSSAIN, Paula resigned
    secretary
  22. 2002-04-24
    ➕
    AMIN, Hemantkumar Manmohan appointed
    director
  23. 2000-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BLS (UK) LIMITED
  24. 2000-06-07
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Mohbub appointed
    director
  25. 2000-06-07
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Paula appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-06-07
    ➕
    B H COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2000-06-07
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    B H COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — 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 candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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 26 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 Mohbub Hussain
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64306 — Activities of real estate investment trusts

Registered office

2 Old Bath Road
Newbury
Berkshire
RG14 1QL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-21
Last: 2026-06-07

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HUSSAIN, Mohbub→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUSSAIN, Paula→
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AMIN, Hemantkumar Manmohan→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-24 · resigned 2013-03-28
Resigned
HUSSAIN, Paula→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-07 · resigned 2002-04-24
Resigned
B H COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-06-07 · resigned 2000-06-07
Resigned
AMIN, Hemantkumar Manmohan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-04-24 · resigned 2013-03-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
Mortgage deed1 property15/12/2006—
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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-15