BLAST FROM THE PAST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09314811 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-17
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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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
24 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees300200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-30
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2023-12-30
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    capital · SH01
  5. 2023-12-19
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    CHAPMAN, Julie Carol appointed
    director
  6. 2023-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-08-05
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BLAST FROM THE PAST LIMITED
  16. 2014-11-17
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    CHAPMAN, Adrian Mark appointed
    director
  17. 2014-11-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Mark Chapman
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares11/11/2016

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
Incorporated2014-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

4 Wentworth Way
Saltash
PL12 4DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHAPMAN, Adrian Mark→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-11-17
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CHAPMAN, Julie Carol→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-12-19
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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-15