BLAIR INTERNATIONAL LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

NI649774 · ltd · incorporated 2017-12-12

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 8.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£11.61M

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.1y

95/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 8.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

21 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £108,022

Turned profitable

Returned to profit this year

Turnover YoY

+3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-03-31
Turnover	£11.61M	£11.31M
Gross profit	£616.9k	£296.7k
Profit before tax	£108.0k	£-375.2k
Average employees	8800	9900

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-02-16
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officers · AP01
2026-02-11
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LIVINGSTONE, David Jonathan appointed
director
2025-11-17
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accounts · AA
2024-12-11
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accounts · AA
2023-12-12
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accounts · AA
2022-08-11
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accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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accounts · AA
2020-10-08
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accounts · AA
2019-09-02
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accounts · AA
2018-09-12
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capital · SH01
2018-09-12
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accounts · AA01
2018-04-11
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mortgage · MR01
2018-04-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Northern Bank Limited
2018-03-13
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address · AD01
2017-12-12
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Company incorporated
As BLAIR INTERNATIONAL LTD
2017-12-12
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BLAIR, Alan appointed
secretary
2017-12-12
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BLAIR, Alan appointed
director
2017-12-12
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BLAIR, David appointed
director
2017-12-12
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BLAIR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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 Alan Blair Individual · British · DOB 09/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/12/2017
Mr David Blair Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/12/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2017-12-12

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

50 Cromkill Road

Ballymena

Antrim

BT42 2JR

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-25

Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BLAIR, Alan→

secretary · appointed 2017-12-12

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Active

BLAIR, Alan→

director · ~72y · appointed 2017-12-12

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Active

BLAIR, David→

director · ~76y · appointed 2017-12-12

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Active

LIVINGSTONE, David Jonathan→

director · ~38y · appointed 2026-02-11

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited	A registered charge	—	04/04/2018	—

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