BLU SHU PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC241245 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-17
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
70 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-08-10📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-08-06📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-18📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-08-08📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-05-20➖THOMSON, Ian resigneddirector
- 2020-10-21📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2020-09-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-01-01➕WOOD, Stuart John appointeddirector
- 2019-01-01➕THOMSON, Ian appointeddirector
- 2012-12-22➖REID, Gerard William resignedsecretary
- 2002-12-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BLU SHU PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
- 2002-12-17➕WOOD, Denise appointeddirector
- 2002-12-17➕REID, Gerard William appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Stuart John Wood Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/10/2024 |
Denise Wood Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| BONNIE BROOMS LTD→ SC780111 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| BRÀIGH MÒR TEAGHLACH UASAL OIGHREACHDAN, SEILBH & TOGALAICHEAN AVEYRON LIMITED→ SC862889 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| BRAZEN MENS HAIR LIMITED→ SC777038 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BRD SURFACING LTD→ SC800344 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BREADALBANE CORPORATE SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ SC440989 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| BRIDGES SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS FUND (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC361356 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| BRIGHTPURPOSE LIMITED→ SC473577 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-12-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
12 Tranter Crescent
Aberlady
Longniddry
EH32 0UF
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-05
Last: 2025-05-22
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
WOOD, Denise→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2002-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOOD, Stuart John→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2019-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
REID, Gerard William→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-12-17 · resigned 2012-12-22
THOMSON, Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2019-01-01 · resigned 2021-05-20
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Recent filings (70 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-23
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-30