CARTE BLANCHE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
FC026692 · oversea-company · incorporated 2005-12-22
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
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not disclosed
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (50/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2011-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-02-23📄change-company-details-overseas-company-with-change-detailsother · OSCH02
- 2009-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-06-28📄legacyannual-return · BR4
- 2008-06-28📄legacyannual-return · BR4
- 2008-06-28📄legacyannual-return · BR4
- 2008-06-28📄legacyannual-return · BR4
- 2008-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-06-28📄miscellaneousmiscellaneous · MISC
- 2008-06-17➕MURPHY, Roger appointeddirector
- 2008-06-17➖KAVANAGH, Carole resigneddirector
- 2006-07-03📄legacyannual-return · BR5
- 2006-07-03📄legacyannual-return · BR3
- 2006-04-03➕EAGLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-04-03➕CODA, John appointeddirector
- 2006-04-03➕HAINES, Paul Derek Dean appointeddirector
- 2006-04-03➕KAVANAGH, Carole appointeddirector
- 2006-04-03📄legacyincorporation · BR1-PAR
- 2006-04-03📄legacyincorporation · BR1-PAR
- 2006-04-03📄legacyincorporation · BR1-PAR
- 2006-04-03📄legacyincorporation · BR1-BCH
- 2006-04-03📄legacyincorporation · BR1
- 2005-12-22🏢Company incorporatedAs CARTE BLANCHE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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| TERRAPINN HOLDINGS LIMITED→ FC025227 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | 83 | 70y |
| AMBER FOODS LIMITED→ FC029206 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | 81 | 62y |
| COLLECTIONS (GB) LIMITED→ FC022557 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | 81 | 96y |
| LANBURY INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ FC023201 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | 81 | 72y |
| ONE ALDWYCH LIMITED→ FC020801 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | 81 | 84y |
| TOP UP TV EUROPE LIMITED→ FC027863 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | 81 | 70y |
| AIPP AIPUT 2 LIMITED→ FC027414 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | 80 | 74y |
| ASHWEIR LIMITED→ FC020783 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | 80 | 66y |
| BEACON HILL GROUP 2010 LIMITED→ FC029718 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | 80 | 85y |
| BERWICK (JERSEY) LIMITED→ FC021103 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | 80 | 82y |
| BRANVALE PROPERTIES LIMITED→ FC017842 · est 1992 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 34y | 80 | 73y |
| CLARIDA LIMITED→ FC019589 · est 1996 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 29y | 80 | 65y |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated2005-12-22
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
12 Castle Street
St Helier
Jersey
JE2 3RT
Channel Islands
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2010-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
EAGLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2006-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAINES, Paul Derek Dean→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2006-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MURPHY, Roger→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2008-06-17
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KAVANAGH, Carole→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2006-04-03 · resigned 2008-06-17
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Recent filings (18 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2011-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2010-09-22
change-company-details-overseas-company-with-change-details
other · OSCH02
2010-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2009-09-29
legacy
annual-return · BR4
2008-06-28
legacy
annual-return · BR4
2008-06-28
legacy
annual-return · BR4
2008-06-28
legacy
annual-return · BR4
2008-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2008-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2008-06-28
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2008-06-28
legacy
annual-return · BR5
2006-07-03
legacy
annual-return · BR3
2006-07-03
legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
2006-04-03
legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
2006-04-03