BLOMFIELD'S LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04699425 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-17
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46220
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 88). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees384300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-19
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    address · AD01
  3. 2025-03-18
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    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-03-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-30
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  9. 2020-12-30
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  10. 2019-09-17
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  11. 2018-09-27
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  12. 2017-09-29
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  13. 2016-09-09
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    officers · AP03
  14. 2016-09-09
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2016-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-01
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    BLOMFIELD, Mabel appointed
    secretary
  17. 2016-04-01
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    BLOMFIELD, Anthony Gilbert resigned
    secretary
  18. 2003-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BLOMFIELD'S LIMITED
  19. 2003-03-17
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    BLOMFIELD, Anthony Gilbert appointed
    director
  20. 2003-03-17
    ➕
    BLOMFIELD, Christopher Robin appointed
    director
  21. 2003-03-17
    ➕
    BLOMFIELD, Anthony Gilbert appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-03-17
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-03-17
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    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-03-17
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    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-03-17
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    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BLOMFIELD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — 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 88 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mr Anthony Gilbert Blomfield
Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control17/03/2017
Mr Christopher Robin Blomfield
Individual · British · DOB 01/1938 · age 88
——sig. influencesignificant influence17/03/2017

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
Incorporated2003-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46220 — SIC 46220

Registered office

Woodland Nurseries
Stamford Hill, Lowca
Whitehaven
Cumbria
CA28 6PS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BLOMFIELD, Mabel→
secretary · appointed 2016-04-01
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Active
BLOMFIELD, Anthony Gilbert→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-03-17
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Active
BLOMFIELD, Christopher Robin→
director · ~88y · appointed 2003-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLOMFIELD, Anthony Gilbert→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-17 · resigned 2016-04-01
Resigned
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-17 · resigned 2003-03-17
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-17 · resigned 2003-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-30