D. BLAKE & CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC030911 · ltd · incorporated 1955-07-01
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 42.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£639.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Roofing activities
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 42.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 42.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £639,799

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£393k
Net Worth
£640k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£128k£256k£384k£512k£640kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£659.1k—
Cash£392.6k—
Net assets£639.8k—
Average employees—2100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-11-05
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  3. 2023-11-13
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  4. 2022-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-15
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    HAY, Ewan resigned
    director
  6. 2021-11-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2019-08-12
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  10. 2018-08-17
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  11. 2017-09-04
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-17
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2017-06-17
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    Charge satisfied #4
  14. 2017-05-13
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    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2017-05-13
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    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2017-05-13
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    Charge satisfied #3
  17. 2017-05-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2016-09-28
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  19. 2015-06-26
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    WILSON, Bruce Milne resigned
    director
  20. 2011-11-04
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    HAY, Ewan appointed
    director
  21. 2011-11-04
    ➕
    WILSON, Bruce Milne appointed
    director
  22. 2010-06-30
    ➖
    RAE, Alistair James resigned
    director
  23. 2009-10-02
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    WADDELL, Isabel appointed
    director
  24. 2005-10-26
    ➕
    THOMSON, Malcolm David appointed
    director
  25. 2005-10-26
    ➖
    JACKSON, Robert Hunter resigned
    director
  26. 2004-10-02
    ➖
    MILLAR, Richard David resigned
    director
  27. 2000-01-10
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    MILLAR, Richard David appointed
    director
  28. 1998-08-12
    ➕
    WADDELL, Isabel appointed
    secretary
  29. 1998-08-04
    ➖
    RAE, Linda Ann resigned
    secretary
  30. 1994-04-01
    ➕
    JACKSON, Robert Hunter appointed
    director
  31. 1993-11-30
    ➖
    RAE, David Bolton resigned
    secretary
  32. 1993-11-30
    ➕
    RAE, Linda Ann appointed
    secretary
  33. 1993-11-30
    ➖
    RAE, David Bolton resigned
    director
  34. 1989-09-06
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    Charge satisfied #2
  35. 1986-05-30
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  36. 1983-10-17
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  37. 1983-10-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  38. 1983-06-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  39. 1955-07-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As D. BLAKE & CO. LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 71 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Malcolm David Thomson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1955-07-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43910 — Roofing activities

Registered office

Unit 6 Broughton Park Newhailes Industrial Estate
Newhailes Road
Musselburgh
Midlothian
EH21 6SY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

WADDELL, Isabel→
secretary · appointed 1998-08-12
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Active
THOMSON, Malcolm David→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-10-26
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Active
WADDELL, Isabel→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAE, David Bolton→
secretary · resigned 1993-11-30
Resigned
RAE, Linda Ann→
secretary · appointed 1993-11-30 · resigned 1998-08-04
Resigned
HAY, Ewan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-11-04 · resigned 2021-11-15
Resigned
JACKSON, Robert Hunter→
director · ~84y · appointed 1994-04-01 · resigned 2005-10-26
Resigned
MILLAR, Richard David→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-01-10 · resigned 2004-10-02
Resigned
RAE, Alistair James→
director · ~81y · resigned 2010-06-30
Resigned
RAE, David Bolton→
director · ~77y · resigned 1993-11-30
Resigned
WILSON, Bruce Milne→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-11-04 · resigned 2015-06-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Letter of offset1 property30/05/198617/06/2017
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property17/10/198313/05/2017
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property17/10/198306/09/1989
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property13/06/198313/05/2017

Recent filings (110 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-12