BLISS OF LONDON LIMITED
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -33% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.4y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £713.8k | £647.6k |
| Current assets | £925.2k | £843.3k |
| Cash | £80.7k | £120.5k |
| Debtors | £593.7k | £470.3k |
| Net assets | £713.8k | £647.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-11📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-09-10📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-06-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-06-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-03-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Ian Andrew Rea
- 2020-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2013-06-01➖REA, Ian Andrew resigneddirector
- 2013-02-01➕NEWCOMBE, Nicola Jane appointeddirector
- 2011-06-23🏢Company incorporatedAs BLISS OF LONDON LIMITED
- 2011-06-23➕REA, Ian Andrew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanGroup structure
Archway Horizon Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Archway Horizon Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 02/03/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ian Andrew Reaceased 02/03/2021· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Filing status
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Ian Andrew Rea | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/03/2021 | — |