BLITZ GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC256008 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-16
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 18.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£191.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.7y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £191,881
Net assets shrinking
Down £594 YoY
Cash YoY
+67%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£77k
↑ 67% YoY
Net Worth
£192k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£442k
↑ 1.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£88k£177k£265k£354k£442kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£235.5k£289.3k
Current assets£442.0k£436.9k
Cash£76.8k£46.0k
Debtors£365.2k£390.9k
Net assets£191.9k£192.5k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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  2. 2024-09-23
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2022-09-28
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  5. 2021-09-09
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  6. 2020-05-13
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  7. 2019-11-20
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  8. 2018-09-26
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  9. 2018-09-25
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2018-09-25
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  11. 2017-09-25
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  12. 2016-09-22
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  13. 2015-09-16
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  14. 2015-03-23
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  15. 2008-11-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  16. 2007-08-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2003-09-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BLITZ GROUP LIMITED
  18. 2003-09-16
    ➕
    WHELEHAN, James Gerard appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-09-16
    ➕
    MALLOY, Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 2003-09-16
    ➕
    WHELEHAN, James Gerard appointed
    director
  21. 2003-09-16
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-09-16
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-09-16
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-09-16
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Gerard Whelehan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence16/09/2016
Mr Andrew Malloy
Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/09/2016

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
Incorporated2003-09-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

Unit 1-2 Chryston Business Park
Cloverhill Place Chryston
Glasgow
G69 9DQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WHELEHAN, James Gerard→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MALLOY, Andrew→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHELEHAN, James Gerard→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-16 · resigned 2003-09-16
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-16 · resigned 2003-09-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Floating charge1 property15/11/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property07/08/2007—
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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-16