BLANDFORD BLOODSTOCK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04227860 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.8y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-01-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-01-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-05
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  9. 2022-09-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-09-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-06-23
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    officers · TM02
  14. 2021-06-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-11-24
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    capital · SH06
  17. 2020-09-23
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    capital · SH03
  18. 2020-06-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2020-03-31
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    GOFF, Robert Thomas Alexander resigned
    secretary
  20. 2020-03-31
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    GOFF, Robert Thomas Alexander resigned
    director
  21. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2008-09-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 2004-02-08
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    BROWN, Richard Guy Whitney appointed
    director
  24. 2004-02-08
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    COLLINS, Joslin Richard resigned
    director
  25. 2001-08-01
    ➕
    GOFF, Robert Thomas Alexander appointed
    secretary
  26. 2001-08-01
    ➖
    MEDCALF, David John resigned
    secretary
  27. 2001-08-01
    ➕
    COLLINS, Joslin Richard appointed
    director
  28. 2001-08-01
    ➕
    GOFF, Robert Thomas Alexander appointed
    director
  29. 2001-08-01
    ➖
    MEDCALF, David John resigned
    director
  30. 2001-08-01
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    WALMSLEY, Neil Roderick resigned
    director
  31. 2001-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BLANDFORD BLOODSTOCK LIMITED
  32. 2001-06-04
    ➕
    MEDCALF, David John appointed
    secretary
  33. 2001-06-04
    ➕
    MEDCALF, David John appointed
    director
  34. 2001-06-04
    ➕
    WALMSLEY, Neil Roderick appointed
    director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Sophie Brown
Individual · English · DOB 10/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/03/2020
Mr Richard Guy Whitney Brown
Individual · English · DOB 11/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert Thomas Alexander Goffceased 31/03/2020· 25-50% shares

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

The Old Rectory The Street
Lidgate
Newmarket
Suffolk
CB8 9PP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

BROWN, Richard Guy Whitney→
director · ~48y · appointed 2004-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOFF, Robert Thomas Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-01 · resigned 2020-03-31
Resigned
MEDCALF, David John→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-04 · resigned 2001-08-01
Resigned
COLLINS, Joslin Richard→
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-08-01 · resigned 2004-02-08
Resigned
GOFF, Robert Thomas Alexander→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-08-01 · resigned 2020-03-31
Resigned
MEDCALF, David John→
director · ~82y · appointed 2001-06-04 · resigned 2001-08-01
Resigned
WALMSLEY, Neil Roderick→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-06-04 · resigned 2001-08-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property05/09/2008—
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Recent filings (83 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21