ANDREW BLACKBURN CONSULTING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

12163373 · ltd · incorporated 2019-08-19

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

£3.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

14 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,573

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4k

↑ 4.3% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↑ 3.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£3.6k	£3.4k
Current assets	£5.8k	£5.6k
Net assets	£3.6k	£3.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand

2026-02-21
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2025-04-22
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2024-02-12
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2022-12-04
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2022-03-28
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2020-12-28
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2020-08-27
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2019-08-19
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Company incorporated
As ANDREW BLACKBURN CONSULTING LTD
2019-08-19
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BLACKBURN, Charles Andrew appointed
director
2019-08-19
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BLACKBURN, Gwenllian Ann appointed
director
2019-08-19
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BLACKBURN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Charles Andrew Blackburn Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	19/08/2019
Mrs Gwenllian Ann Blackburn Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	19/08/2019

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

Incorporated2019-08-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

9 Kayemoor Road

Sutton

Surrey

SM2 5HT

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-01

Last: 2025-08-18

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BLACKBURN, Charles Andrew→

director · ~72y · appointed 2019-08-19

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BLACKBURN, Gwenllian Ann→

director · ~68y · appointed 2019-08-19

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