BLAKE MEWS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06113234 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-19
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-12
    ➕
    PEEL, Andrew James, Dr appointed
    director
  6. 2022-12-12
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    PEEL, Kenneth Roger resigned
    director
  7. 2022-12-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-12-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-10-27
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    ERO, Charlotte Virginia appointed
    director
  10. 2022-10-27
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    SMITH, Nigel James Nugent resigned
    director
  11. 2022-10-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-10-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-05-11
    ➕
    WANG, Ming Zhu appointed
    director
  18. 2019-05-11
    ➖
    SULLIVAN, Michael Wayne resigned
    director
  19. 2019-05-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2019-05-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2018-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2017-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2013-12-01
    ➖
    HAFFERN, Frederick Paul resigned
    director
  24. 2013-12-01
    ➕
    PEEL, Kenneth Roger appointed
    director
  25. 2008-07-23
    ➕
    HAFFERN, Frederick Paul appointed
    director
  26. 2008-07-23
    ➕
    SULLIVAN, Michael Wayne appointed
    director
  27. 2008-06-16
    ➖
    FROST, Martin Frank Baird resigned
    director
  28. 2008-04-28
    ➕
    RUGG, Anthony John, Dr appointed
    secretary
  29. 2008-04-28
    ➕
    RUGG, Anthony John, Dr appointed
    director
  30. 2008-04-28
    ➖
    SCAIFE, Jean resigned
    secretary
  31. 2008-04-28
    ➕
    SMITH, Nigel James Nugent appointed
    director
  32. 2007-02-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLAKE MEWS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  33. 2007-02-19
    ➕
    SCAIFE, Jean appointed
    secretary
  34. 2007-02-19
    ➕
    FROST, Martin Frank Baird appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Anthony John Rugg
Individual · British · DOB 06/1948 · age 78
——board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence · firm interest01/01/2017

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
Incorporated2007-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98200 — Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use

Registered office

3 Blake Mews
Blake Street
York
North Yorkshire
YO1 8QU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)

RUGG, Anthony John, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-28
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Active
ERO, Charlotte Virginia→
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-10-27
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Active
PEEL, Andrew James, Dr→
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-12-12
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Active
RUGG, Anthony John, Dr→
director · ~78y · appointed 2008-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WANG, Ming Zhu→
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCAIFE, Jean→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-19 · resigned 2008-04-28
Resigned
FROST, Martin Frank Baird→
director · ~50y · appointed 2007-02-19 · resigned 2008-06-16
Resigned
HAFFERN, Frederick Paul→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-07-23 · resigned 2013-12-01
Resigned
PEEL, Kenneth Roger→
director · ~91y · appointed 2013-12-01 · resigned 2022-12-12
Resigned
SMITH, Nigel James Nugent→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-04-28 · resigned 2022-10-27
Resigned
SULLIVAN, Michael Wayne→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-07-23 · resigned 2019-05-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22