BLACKBURN & BLACKBURN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04413075 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-10
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 9.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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 (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
78 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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees500500

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-04-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-04-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2022-04-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-04-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-15
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2019-12-13
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  16. 2019-12-13
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  17. 2019-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-06-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  19. 2002-05-09
    ➕
    BLACKBURN, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  20. 2002-04-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACKBURN & BLACKBURN LIMITED
  21. 2002-04-10
    ➕
    BLACKBURN, Colin Andrew appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-04-10
    ➕
    BLACKBURN, Colin Andrew appointed
    director
  23. 2002-04-10
    ➕
    MORGAN, David appointed
    director
  24. 2002-04-10
    ➕
    CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-04-10
    ➖
    CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-04-10
    ➕
    CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-04-10
    ➖
    CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BLACKBURN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Andrew Blackburn
Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Jacqueline Blackburn
Individual · British · DOB 07/1943 · age 83
—25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
David Morgan
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

73 Albert Road
Colne
Lancashire
BB8 0BP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BLACKBURN, Colin Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLACKBURN, Colin Andrew→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-04-10
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Active
BLACKBURN, Jacqueline→
director · ~83y · appointed 2002-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORGAN, David→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-10 · resigned 2002-04-10
Resigned
CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-10 · resigned 2002-04-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property03/06/2016—
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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-04-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-11