S. BLACKWOOD CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC166976 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-11

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£36.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Business and domestic software development

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £36,565

Net assets shrinking

Down £7,222 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£37k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£38k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£36.6k	£43.8k
Current assets	£38.1k	£45.3k
Net assets	£36.6k	£43.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

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1996-07-11
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Company incorporated
As S. BLACKWOOD CONSULTANTS LIMITED
1996-07-11
➕
BLACKWOOD, Shirley Catherine Elizabeth appointed
secretary
1996-07-11
➕
BLACKWOOD, Shirley Catherine Elizabeth appointed
director
1996-07-11
➕
BLACKWOOD, Stuart Campbell appointed
director
1996-07-11
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-07-11
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

99/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BLACKWOOD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

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
Mrs Shirley Catherine Elizabeth Blackwood Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Stuart Campbell Blackwood Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1996-07-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

15 Glengarry Crescent

Falkirk

Stirlingshire

FK1 5UD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-25

Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BLACKWOOD, Shirley Catherine Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 1996-07-11

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BLACKWOOD, Shirley Catherine Elizabeth→

director · ~60y · appointed 1996-07-11

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BLACKWOOD, Stuart Campbell→

director · ~60y · appointed 1996-07-11

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-11 · resigned 1996-07-11

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