BLENHEIM BARNES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07453096 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-29
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees200100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-05
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Dominic John appointed
    director
  4. 2024-12-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-09-21
    ➖
    FREEDMAN, Daniel resigned
    director
  11. 2020-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-10-08
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    HIRST, Paul Gary resigned
    director
  14. 2019-10-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-06-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-11-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-05-11
    ➕
    FREEDMAN, Daniel appointed
    director
  21. 2010-11-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLENHEIM BARNES LIMITED
  22. 2010-11-29
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Anthony David appointed
    director
  23. 2010-11-29
    ➕
    HIRST, Paul Gary appointed
    director
  24. 2010-11-29
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  25. 2010-11-29
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

39/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CHAMBERS, Dominic John (same surname) appointed 2024-12-05. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-11-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

6a High Street
Chelmsford
CM1 1BE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CHAMBERS, Anthony David→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-11-29
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Active
CHAMBERS, Dominic John→
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-12-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FREEDMAN, Daniel→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-05-11 · resigned 2020-09-21
Resigned
HIRST, Paul Gary→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-11-29 · resigned 2019-10-08
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2010-11-29 · resigned 2010-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-25