BLACKSTAR MERCHANT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07745671 · ltd · incorporated 2011-08-18

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.0y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

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

100

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	1100	1100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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officers · CH01
2026-04-07
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officers · CH01
2025-11-13
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persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
2025-11-13
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persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
2025-08-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-05
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-11
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-06-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-17
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mortgage · MR01
2020-07-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2020-05-06
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accounts · AA
2012-04-26
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CAMPION, Karen Lynne appointed
director
2011-10-31
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COLES, Wendy resigned
secretary
2011-10-11
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BIBBEY, William appointed
director
2011-10-11
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CAMPION, Herbert Walter appointed
director
2011-10-11
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ROGERS, Jonathan George appointed
director
2011-08-19
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KAY, Peter appointed
director
2011-08-19
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COLES, Wendy appointed
secretary
2011-08-18
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Company incorporated
As BLACKSTAR MERCHANT SERVICES LIMITED
2011-08-18
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JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
director
2011-08-18
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JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Herbert Walter Campion Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	18/08/2016
William Bibbey Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	14/08/2025

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Herbert Walter Campionceased 29/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest
William Bibbeyceased 29/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2011-08-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC77330 — Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)

Registered office

Beckbury Hall

Beckbury

Shifnal

Shropshire

TF11 9DJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-08

Last: 2025-08-25