BLUEPRINT PRIVATE COMPANY INVESTMENTS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13500265 · ltd · incorporated 2021-07-08
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-2.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -90% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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, 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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,970
Cash draining
Cash down 90% YoY
Cash YoY
-90%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£757
↓ 90% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£922
Current Liabilities
-£2k-£349£2k£4k£6k£8kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-2.0k£-2.4k
Current assets£922
Cash£757£7.9k
Debtors£165
Net assets£-2.0k£-2.4k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLUEPRINT PRIVATE COMPANY INVESTMENTS LTD
  6. 2021-07-08
    BARNES, Benjamin Douglas appointed
    director
  7. 2021-07-08
    BARNES, Jessere appointed
    director
  8. 2021-07-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.

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
Mr Benjamin Douglas Barnes
Individual · British · DOB 05/1979 · age 47
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control08/07/2021
Mrs Jessere Barnes
Individual · British · DOB 11/1976 · age 50
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/07/2021

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
Incorporated2021-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

2 Villiers Court
40 Upper Mulgrave Road
Cheam
Surrey
SM2 7AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BARNES, Benjamin Douglas
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-07-08
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Active
BARNES, Jessere
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-07-08
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-07-08