BLACKETT-ORD CONSERVATION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04816020 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-01
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 22.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£192.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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 22.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.7 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 (79/100)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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £192,495
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£192k
↑ 4.2% YoY
Current Assets
£219k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £195.6k | £187.6k |
| Current assets | £219.4k | £220.2k |
| Net assets | £192.5k | £184.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-11-01➕COCHRANE, Emma appointeddirector
- 2023-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-20📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-06-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-06-20📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-06-20📄statement-of-companys-objectschange-of-constitution · CC04
- 2021-06-18📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2008-07-01➕BLACKETT-ORD, Elaine Anne appointeddirector
- 2003-10-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2003-07-03➕BLACKETT-ORD, Elaine Anne appointedsecretary
- 2003-07-03➕BLACKETT-ORD, Charles appointeddirector
- 2003-07-03➖YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-07-03➖YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-07-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BLACKETT-ORD CONSERVATION LIMITED
- 2003-07-01➕YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-07-01➕YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "BLACKETT-ORD" — 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 78 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Charles Blackett-Ord Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 20/06/2017 |
Mrs Elaine Anne Blackett-Ord Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 20/06/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities
Registered office
33 Chapel Street
Appleby In Westmorland
Cumbria
CA16 6QR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-16
Last: 2026-06-02
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
BLACKETT-ORD, Elaine Anne→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BLACKETT-ORD, Charles→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2003-07-03
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BLACKETT-ORD, Elaine Anne→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2008-07-01
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COCHRANE, Emma→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2023-11-01
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2003-07-03
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2003-07-03
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 30/10/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (69 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-06-20
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-06-20