BLUE CANDI LAB LONDON LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11258535 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-16
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-240.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46420Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
23 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £240,742
Net assets shrinking
Down £441,479 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£241k
↓ 220% YoY
Current Assets
£127k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£241k-£152k-£64k£24k£112k£201kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-203.4k£163.4k
Current assets£127.0k£158.7k
Net assets£-240.7k£200.7k

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.

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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 (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2021-10-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-10-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-10-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-03-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-03-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUE CANDI LAB LONDON LTD
  16. 2018-03-16
    ➕
    FREEMAN, Pippa Elouise appointed
    director
  17. 2018-03-16
    ➕
    FREEMAN, Thomas George appointed
    director
  18. 2018-03-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 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
Thomas George Freeman
Individual · British · DOB 09/1980 · age 46
50–75%
25–50%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting16/03/2018
Pippa Elouise Freeman
Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/03/2018

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
Incorporated2018-03-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430

Registered office

5 South Parade
Summertown
Oxford
OX2 7JL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FREEMAN, Pippa Elouise→
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-03-16
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Active
FREEMAN, Thomas George→
director · ~46y · appointed 2018-03-16
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Active

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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29