BLIEVE HOLDINGS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11367803 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-17
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.
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
24 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.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees4500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-04-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-11-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-11-01
    ➕
    PENDLETON, Stuart appointed
    director
  8. 2022-10-11
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2022-10-11
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2022-10-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-18
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2021-05-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLIEVE HOLDINGS LTD
  17. 2018-05-17
    ➕
    BOWER-DYKE, Mark Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2018-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2018-05-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Andrew Bower-Dyke
Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares17/05/2018

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
Incorporated2018-05-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70221 — Financial management

Registered office

Suite 4, Norman Court Barns Norman Court Lane
Upper Clatford
Andover
SP11 7HB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-21
Last: 2026-05-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BOWER-DYKE, Mark Andrew→
director · ~68y · appointed 2018-05-17
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Active
PENDLETON, Stuart→
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-11-01
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-10
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-10-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27