BLAZE BAYLEY RECORDING LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11220449 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-22
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
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£3.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £3,294
Cash YoY
+6%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£17k
↑ 6.0% YoY
Net Worth
£3k
↑ 483% YoY
Current Assets
£30k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £21.9k | £15.6k |
| Current assets | £30.3k | £37.9k |
| Cash | £17.3k | £16.3k |
| Debtors | £3.7k | £14.4k |
| Net assets | £3.3k | £565 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-22🏢Company incorporatedAs BLAZE BAYLEY RECORDING LTD
- 2018-02-22➕APPLETON, Mark appointedsecretary
- 2018-02-22➕APPLETON, Mark appointeddirector
- 2018-02-22➕COOKE, Bayley appointeddirector
- 2018-02-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-02-22📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-02-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts
Registered office
2 Lindrick Avenue
Whitefield
Manchester
M45 7GE
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
APPLETON, Mark→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2018-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COOKE, Bayley→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2018-02-22
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Recent filings (17 total)
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2026-02-18
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2025-09-01
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2025-02-18
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2024-11-20
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2024-03-20
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accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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2023-03-07
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accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09
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accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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2020-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-11-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-04