BLINDER BUNKER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07947741 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2021-07-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2021-04-14
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  9. 2021-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-26
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-15
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    LONG, Penny resigned
    director
  13. 2018-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-25
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-24
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-02-13
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    LONG, Murray David resigned
    director
  18. 2012-02-13
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    Company incorporated
    As BLINDER BUNKER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  19. 2012-02-13
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    WYATT, Louise Rachel appointed
    director
  20. 2012-02-13
    ➕
    WYATT, Nigel appointed
    director
  21. 2012-02-13
    ➕
    LONG, Murray David appointed
    director
  22. 2012-02-13
    ➕
    LONG, Penny appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nigel Wyatt
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Louise Wyatt
Individual · British · DOB 08/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-02-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Woodville Farm Green Lane
Stour Row
Shaftesbury
Dorset
SP7 0QD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WYATT, Louise Rachel→
director · ~52y · appointed 2012-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WYATT, Nigel→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONG, Murray David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-02-13 · resigned 2014-02-13
Resigned
LONG, Penny→
director · ~53y · appointed 2012-02-13 · resigned 2019-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-07-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-07-22
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-07