BLYTON ICE CREAM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04777244 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-27
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 6.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2026
Net worth
£-12.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10520
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47290Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.5 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, 2 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 (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
74 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £12,805
Cash YoY
+183%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
↑ 183% YoY
Net Worth
-£13k
↑ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£279k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£21k£39k£99k£159k£219k£279kJan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Total assets£422.8k£379.8k
Current assets£279.4k£211.1k
Cash£21.5k£7.6k
Debtors£187.9k£143.5k
Net assets£-12.8k£-20.7k

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

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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
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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  2. 2025-07-04
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  3. 2025-01-17
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  4. 2024-10-25
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  5. 2023-10-20
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  6. 2022-09-30
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  7. 2021-10-26
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  8. 2021-03-17
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  9. 2020-05-12
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  10. 2019-12-09
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  11. 2019-12-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  12. 2019-10-24
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  13. 2019-08-29
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  14. 2019-02-28
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  15. 2018-12-20
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  16. 2018-11-30
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  17. 2018-08-24
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  18. 2018-08-24
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  19. 2017-08-01
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    COOK, George William Wainwright appointed
    director
  20. 2017-06-12
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    COOK, Warwick Wainwright resigned
    secretary
  21. 2003-05-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BLYTON ICE CREAM LIMITED
  22. 2003-05-27
    ➕
    HUGHES, Alison Mary appointed
    director
  23. 2003-05-27
    ➕
    COOK, Warwick Wainwright appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-05-27
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-05-27
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-05-27
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-05-27
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 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
Ms Alison Mary Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr George William Wainwright Cook
Individual · British · DOB 07/1993 · age 33
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/08/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr George William Wainwright Cookceased 19/04/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2003-05-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10520 — SIC 10520

Registered office

94 High Street
Blyton
Gainsborough
DN21 3LA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

COOK, George William Wainwright→
director · ~33y · appointed 2017-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES, Alison Mary→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-05-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOK, Warwick Wainwright→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-27 · resigned 2017-06-12
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-27 · resigned 2003-05-27
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-27 · resigned 2003-05-27
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 Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—03/12/2019—
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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-12