BLOCK AND TACKLE CARPENTRY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10735827 · ltd · incorporated 2017-04-24
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43320Joinery installation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees6500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-07-22
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2025-07-22
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2025-07-21
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2024-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-04-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-12-07
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  16. 2020-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-06-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2017-04-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLOCK AND TACKLE CARPENTRY LTD
  20. 2017-04-24
    MACTAGGART, Bruce Callum David appointed
    director
  21. 2017-04-24
    ROWDEN, Timothy Ralph appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Timothy Ralph Rowden
Individual · British · DOB 12/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/04/2017
Mr Bruce Callum David Mactaggart
Individual · British · DOB 09/1984 · age 42
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/04/2017

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
Incorporated2017-04-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

1 Eiffel Place
Maudlin Road
Totnes
Devon
TQ9 5TD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACTAGGART, Bruce Callum David
director · ~42y · appointed 2017-04-24
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Active
ROWDEN, Timothy Ralph
director · ~43y · appointed 2017-04-24
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Active

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-04