BLENCATHRA COURT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04990815 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-10

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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accounts · AA
2025-02-24
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accounts · AA
2024-02-13
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accounts · AA
2023-03-07
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accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-28
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accounts · AA
2020-08-12
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address · AD01
2020-08-11
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officers · TM01
2020-08-11
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officers · TM01
2020-08-11
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officers · AP01
2020-08-11
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officers · AP01
2020-07-08
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BRANTHWAITE, David Charles appointed
director
2020-07-08
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DAKIN, Carol Ann appointed
director
2020-07-08
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COAN, Samual Thomas resigned
director
2020-07-08
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MESSENGER, Ben resigned
director
2019-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-17
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officers · AP01
2019-07-05
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MESSENGER, Ben appointed
director
2018-12-13
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officers · TM02
2018-11-30
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MESSENGER, Sandra Mary resigned
secretary
2018-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2014-12-01
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COAN, Samual Thomas appointed
director
2014-12-01
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SHARMAN, Edna Margaret resigned
director
2010-09-27
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SHARMAN, Edna Margaret appointed
director
2010-04-30
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GRAHAM, Jean Isabella resigned
director
2008-01-25
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DICKINSON, Lucy Jane resigned
secretary
2008-01-25
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MESSENGER, Sandra Mary appointed
secretary
2005-09-08
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DICKINSON, Lucy Jane appointed
secretary
2005-09-08
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MANNING, Adrian resigned
secretary
2005-09-08
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ELLIOTT, John Maxwell resigned
director
2005-09-08
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GRAHAM, Jean Isabella appointed
director
2005-09-08
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MANNING, Adrian resigned
director
2003-12-10
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Company incorporated
As BLENCATHRA COURT LIMITED
2003-12-10
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MANNING, Adrian appointed
secretary
2003-12-10
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-12-10
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-12-10
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ELLIOTT, John Maxwell appointed
director
2003-12-10
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MANNING, Adrian appointed
director
2003-12-10
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-12-10
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-12-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

4 Blencathra Court

Keswick

CA12 4GN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-24

Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

BRANTHWAITE, David Charles→

director · ~69y · appointed 2020-07-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DAKIN, Carol Ann→

director · ~79y · appointed 2020-07-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DICKINSON, Lucy Jane→

secretary · appointed 2005-09-08 · resigned 2008-01-25

Resigned

MANNING, Adrian→

secretary · appointed 2003-12-10 · resigned 2005-09-08

Resigned

MESSENGER, Sandra Mary→

secretary · appointed 2008-01-25 · resigned 2018-11-30

Resigned

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-10 · resigned 2003-12-10

Resigned

COAN, Samual Thomas→

director · ~37y · appointed 2014-12-01 · resigned 2020-07-08

Resigned

ELLIOTT, John Maxwell→

director · ~76y · appointed 2003-12-10 · resigned 2005-09-08

Resigned

GRAHAM, Jean Isabella→

director · ~90y · appointed 2005-09-08 · resigned 2010-04-30

Resigned

MANNING, Adrian→

director · ~78y · appointed 2003-12-10 · resigned 2005-09-08

Resigned

MESSENGER, Ben→

director · ~45y · appointed 2019-07-05 · resigned 2020-07-08

Resigned

SHARMAN, Edna Margaret→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-09-27 · resigned 2014-12-01

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-12-10 · resigned 2003-12-10

Resigned

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