BLENDING AND BOTTLING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09030410 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-08
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 May 2025
Net worth
£5.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11070
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,099

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£5k
↑ 526% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↑ 326% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£6kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£5.6k£1.3k
Current assets£5.6k£1.3k
Net assets£5.1k£814

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-01
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  3. 2024-02-28
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  4. 2023-06-05
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    address · AD01
  5. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-17
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  8. 2020-02-22
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  9. 2019-02-28
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  10. 2018-02-26
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  11. 2017-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-08
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    capital · SH01
  13. 2016-06-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-03-04
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2016-03-04
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2016-01-01
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    LEWIS, Mark Peter appointed
    director
  17. 2016-01-01
    ➕
    LEWIS, Tracy Jane appointed
    director
  18. 2015-09-28
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    SMITH, Matthew James Alexander resigned
    director
  19. 2014-05-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BLENDING AND BOTTLING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  20. 2014-05-08
    ➕
    LEWIS, Oliver Daniel appointed
    secretary
  21. 2014-05-08
    ➕
    LEWIS, Oliver Daniel appointed
    director
  22. 2014-05-08
    ➕
    SMITH, Matthew James Alexander appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Oliver Daniel Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 09/1991 · age 35
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/05/2017

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
Incorporated2014-05-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11070 — SIC 11070

Registered office

122 Woodside Business Park
Birkenhead
CH41 1EP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-22
Last: 2026-05-08

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

LEWIS, Oliver Daniel→
secretary · appointed 2014-05-08
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Active
LEWIS, Mark Peter→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-01-01
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Active
LEWIS, Oliver Daniel→
director · ~35y · appointed 2014-05-08
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Active
LEWIS, Tracy Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-01-01
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Active
SMITH, Matthew James Alexander→
director · ~36y · appointed 2014-05-08 · resigned 2015-09-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-22