BALHAM GLASS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11728093 · ltd · incorporated 2018-12-14
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
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 (79/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
20 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
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-19
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2023-12-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-19
    ➕
    BLUNDEN, James Peter appointed
    director
  10. 2019-12-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-12-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-05-31
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-12-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BALHAM GLASS LTD
  14. 2018-12-14
    ➕
    BLUNDEN, Thomas Alfred appointed
    director
  15. 2018-12-14
    📄
    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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Alfred Blunden
Individual · British · DOB 01/1997 · age 29
75–100%
—75-100% shares14/12/2018
Mr James Peter Blunden
Individual · British · DOB 06/1982 · age 44
25–50%
—25-50% shares19/12/2019

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
Incorporated2018-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

Unit 16 Nonsuch Industrial Estate
Kiln Lane
Epsom
KT17 1DH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BLUNDEN, James Peter→
director · ~44y · appointed 2019-12-19
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Active
BLUNDEN, Thomas Alfred→
director · ~29y · appointed 2018-12-14
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Active

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Recent filings (20 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-21
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-19