BLUSH PUBLISHING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05972283 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-19

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18129

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	400	400

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-09-10
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2024-08-12
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2023-09-22
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2022-09-09
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accounts · AA
2021-07-09
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accounts · AA
2020-10-15
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accounts · AA
2020-10-05
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officers · CH03
2020-10-05
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officers · CH01
2020-10-05
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officers · CH01
2019-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-10-26
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officers · CH01
2018-10-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-10-26
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2018-10-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-08-10
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accounts · AA
2006-10-19
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Company incorporated
As BLUSH PUBLISHING LIMITED
2006-10-19
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HOPKINS, Alison Jayne appointed
secretary
2006-10-19
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HOPKINS, Alison Jayne appointed
director
2006-10-19
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MORAN, Mark Francis appointed
director
2006-10-19
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NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-10-19
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NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-10-19
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AVIS, Christine Susan appointed
nominee-director
2006-10-19
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AVIS, Christine Susan resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Alison Jayne Hopkins Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Mark Francis Moran Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-10-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Unit 2 Greenfield Business Centre

Greenfield

Holywell

Flintshire

CH8 7GR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-20

Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HOPKINS, Alison Jayne→

secretary · appointed 2006-10-19

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Active

HOPKINS, Alison Jayne→

director · ~54y · appointed 2006-10-19

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Active

MORAN, Mark Francis→

director · ~58y · appointed 2006-10-19

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Active

NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-10-19 · resigned 2006-10-19

Resigned

AVIS, Christine Susan→

nominee-director · ~62y · appointed 2006-10-19 · resigned 2006-10-19

Resigned

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