A.T. BLINDS SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive

04147944 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-25

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£94.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £94,453

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,644 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£94k

↓ 3.7% YoY

Current Assets

£100k

↓ 18% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£94.5k	£103.7k
Current assets	£99.6k	£121.7k
Net assets	£94.5k	£98.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-07-03
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2026-07-03
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2025-12-25
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2024-12-27
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2023-12-21
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2022-12-22
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2021-12-25
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2020-12-31
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2019-12-27
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2018-12-19
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2017-12-28
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2016-12-28
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2016-03-07
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2015-11-25
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2015-02-02
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2001-01-25
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Company incorporated
As A.T. BLINDS SERVICES LTD
2001-01-25
➕
TAYLOR, Sandra Jean appointed
secretary
2001-01-25
➕
TAYLOR, Alan appointed
director
2001-01-25
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TAYLOR, Sandra Jean appointed
director
2001-01-25
➕
STEVENS, Marian Ann appointed
secretary
2001-01-25
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STEVENS, Marian Ann resigned
secretary

Owner dependency

91/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Taylor Individual · British · DOB 06/1947 · age 79	—	—	board controlboard control · trust interest · firm interest	02/07/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Alan Taylorceased 01/07/2026· significant influence

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

Incorporated2001-01-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

53 West Street

Sittingbourne

Kent

ME10 1AN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-08

Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

TAYLOR, Sandra Jean→

secretary · appointed 2001-01-25

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Active

TAYLOR, Alan→

director · ~79y · appointed 2001-01-25

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Active

TAYLOR, Sandra Jean→

director · ~74y · appointed 2001-01-25

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Active

STEVENS, Marian Ann→

secretary · appointed 2001-01-25 · resigned 2001-01-25

Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-07-03

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-07-03