BLACKWOOD LEISURE VEHICLES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05014443 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-13

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45190

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 (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	—	£484.9k
Current assets	—	£542.6k
Cash	—	£205.4k
Debtors	—	£49.9k
Net assets	—	£484.9k
Average employees	3	—

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 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2024-12-16
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2022-09-06
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2021-10-18
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2020-10-23
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accounts · AA
2019-12-11
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officers · CH01
2019-12-11
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2019-11-13
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accounts · AA
2018-11-07
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accounts · AA
2017-10-18
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accounts · AA
2016-11-17
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accounts · AA
2016-01-18
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2015-11-06
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2014-12-19
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MARSH, William Clive resigned
secretary
2005-01-04
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MARSH, Karl Martin appointed
director
2004-01-13
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Company incorporated
As BLACKWOOD LEISURE VEHICLES LIMITED
2004-01-13
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MARSH, William Clive appointed
director
2004-01-13
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MARSH, William Clive appointed
secretary
2004-01-13
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M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-01-13
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M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED resigned
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2004-01-13
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DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-01-13
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DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Karl Martin Marsh Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	05/01/2017

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

Incorporated2004-01-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

Blackwood House Mount Pleasant Road

Castle Gresley

Swadlincote

Derbyshire

DE11 9JQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MARSH, Karl Martin→

director · ~62y · appointed 2005-01-04

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Active

MARSH, William Clive→

director · ~88y · appointed 2004-01-13

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Active

MARSH, William Clive→

secretary · appointed 2004-01-13 · resigned 2014-12-19

Resigned

M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-13 · resigned 2004-01-13

Resigned

DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-13 · resigned 2004-01-13

Resigned

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