S. BLANCE ASSOCIATES LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC248382 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-25

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£6.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 99-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 99). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £6,720

Net assets shrinking

Down £8,629 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£7k

↓ 56% YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↓ 77% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£6.7k	£15.3k
Current assets	£6.9k	£30.4k
Net assets	£6.7k	£15.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-07-12
📄
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-12-10
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-08
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-21
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-06-16
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-12-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2003-04-25
🏢
Company incorporated
As S. BLANCE ASSOCIATES LTD.
2003-04-25
➕
BLANCE, Alexander Irvine appointed
secretary
2003-04-25
➕
BLANCE, Alexander Irvine appointed
director
2003-04-25
➕
BLANCE, Shona Christine appointed
director
2003-04-25
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-04-25
➖
BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-04-25
➕
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-04-25
➖
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 "BLANCE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 99 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 99 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 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Shona Blance Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Similar companies

Active · Trade services · KW postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
THE NORTH RONALDSAY TRUST→ SC211065 · est 2000 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	25y	83	73y
ELLIS-HALL CONSULTANTS LIMITED→ SC110967 · est 1988	—	—	£3.18M	—	38y	82	76y
JOHN G. CORSE FUNERAL DIRECTORS LIMITED→ SC294099 · est 2005	—	—	—	14	20y	82	64y
BEINN THARSUINN WINDFARM COMMUNITY LIMITED→ SC319675 · est 2007	—	—	£525.2k	—	19y	81	79y
BLARGOANS LIMITED→ SC360136 · est 2009	—	—	£1.10M	—	17y	81	61y
NORTH HIGHLAND REGENERATION FUND→ SC301805 · est 2006	—	—	—	0	20y	81	84y
PAPA WESTRAY BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST→ SC286513 · est 2005	—	—	—	—	20y	81	76y
JACKSON INSTRUMENT SERVICES LTD→ SC323001 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	80	60y
LIVINGSTONE ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED→ SC363433 · est 2009	—	—	£131.1k	—	16y	80	69y
ORKNEY FOOD AND DRINK→ SC144408 · est 1993	—	—	£56.6k	—	33y	80	66y
PALACE ENTERPRISE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC350137 · est 2008	—	—	—	0	17y	80	63y
AGE SCOTLAND ORKNEY→ SC246433 · est 2003	—	—	£178.7k	—	23y	79	83y

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.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-04-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Tigh-Na-Bruaich

Navidale

Helmsdale

Sutherland

KW8 6JS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-09

Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BLANCE, Alexander Irvine→

secretary · appointed 2003-04-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BLANCE, Alexander Irvine→

director · ~99y · appointed 2003-04-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BLANCE, Shona Christine→

director · ~66y · appointed 2003-04-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2003-04-25

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2003-04-25

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.