BLACKWOOD SERVICE STATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04747693 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-29
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£2.62M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47300Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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 (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,623,956
Cash YoY
+6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.6m
↑ 5.9% YoY
Net Worth
£2.6m
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£1.8m
↑ 4.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£525k£1.0m£1.6m£2.1m£2.6mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£2.83M£2.52M
Current assets£1.76M£1.68M
Cash£1.59M£1.50M
Debtors£170.8k£175.3k
Net assets£2.62M£2.34M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-26
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-27
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-24
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-12
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  6. 2021-06-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2021-01-21
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-15
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-30
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    address · AD03
  10. 2019-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-26
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-11
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    address · AD02
  13. 2017-05-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2003-04-29
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    Company incorporated
    As BLACKWOOD SERVICE STATION LIMITED
  17. 2003-04-29
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Margaret Anne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-04-29
    ➕
    JACKSON, David appointed
    director
  19. 2003-04-29
    ➕
    JACKSON, George Henry appointed
    director
  20. 2003-04-29
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Margaret Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2003-04-29
    ➕
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-04-29
    ➖
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-04-29
    ➕
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-04-29
    ➖
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
George Henry Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
—25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr David Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
—25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Margaret Anne Sinclair
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
—25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Frances Elizabeth Jacksonceased 08/06/2021· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2003-04-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Mealsgate
Wigton
CA7 1AQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

SINCLAIR, Margaret Anne→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-29
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Active
JACKSON, David→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-04-29
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Active
JACKSON, George Henry→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-04-29
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Active
SINCLAIR, Margaret Anne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-04-29
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Active
ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-29 · resigned 2003-04-29
Resigned
AR NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-29 · resigned 2003-04-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-15