BLADE RUBBER STAMPS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04369229 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-07
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 24.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.1 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: 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
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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2016-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-10
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-05-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Davys' of London (Wine Merchants) Limited
  17. 2002-02-14
    ➕
    FLACK, Kaye Linda appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-02-14
    ➕
    ADAMS, Francis Graham appointed
    director
  19. 2002-02-14
    ➕
    FLACK, Kaye Linda appointed
    director
  20. 2002-02-12
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-02-12
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2002-02-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BLADE RUBBER STAMPS LTD
  23. 2002-02-07
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-02-07
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — 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 69. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-02-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22190 — SIC 22190

Registered office

Ashley House
Hangingroyd Lane
Hebden Bridge
HX7 7DD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FLACK, Kaye Linda→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-14
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Active
ADAMS, Francis Graham→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-02-14
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Active
FLACK, Kaye Linda→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-02-14
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-07 · resigned 2002-02-12
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-07 · resigned 2002-02-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Davys' of London (Wine Merchants)
Davys' of London (Wine Merchants) Limited
Rent deposit deed1 property24/05/2002—
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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-21