56 BLANDFORD ST LTD

🌱Startupactive
15968331 · ltd · incorporated 2024-09-20
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£-359.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.2y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
7 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £359,809

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
Net Worth
-£360k
Current Assets
£1.6m
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-30
Total assets£-359.8k
Current assets£1.56M
Cash£1.1k
Debtors£1.56M
Net assets£-359.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 mortgage
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-26
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2026-03-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  4. 2026-02-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  5. 2026-01-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-02-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-09-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 56 BLANDFORD ST LTD
  8. 2024-09-20
    GUMMER, James Alun Selwyn appointed
    director
  9. 2024-09-20
    VAN THEMSCHE, Olivier Joseph appointed
    director
  10. 2024-09-20
    WINSER, Philip Bede appointed
    director
  11. 2024-09-20
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 1.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Public House Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Public House Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
56 BLANDFORD ST LTD
This company · 15968331

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Public House Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/09/2024

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
Incorporated2024-09-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

C/O Williams Stanley And Co
144 Great Portland Street
London
Greater London
W1W 6QT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GUMMER, James Alun Selwyn
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-09-20
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Active
VAN THEMSCHE, Olivier Joseph
director · ~50y · appointed 2024-09-20
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Active
WINSER, Philip Bede
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-09-20
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge25/03/2026
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Recent filings (7 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-02-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-02-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-09-20