BLAIRHILL MEDIA LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC342039 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-28

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£148.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

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

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 £148,301

Cash YoY

+44%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£227k

↑ 44% YoY

Net Worth

£148k

↑ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£340k

↓ 2.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£148.3k	£127.8k
Current assets	£340.1k	£349.3k
Cash	£227.1k	£158.1k
Debtors	£111.7k	£186.9k
Net assets	£148.3k	£127.8k

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

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3 signals 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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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2025-03-18
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2024-03-26
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2023-04-05
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2022-02-24
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accounts · AA
2021-04-19
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2020-06-01
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2019-06-24
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2018-06-05
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2018-06-05
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officers · CH03
2018-03-13
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accounts · AA
2018-02-13
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accounts · AA01
2017-04-05
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2016-05-20
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2016-03-30
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2008-04-28
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Company incorporated
As BLAIRHILL MEDIA LTD.
2008-04-28
➕
MACDOUGALL, Gordon appointed
secretary
2008-04-28
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KANE, Gregory Philip appointed
director
2008-04-28
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KANE, Patrick Mark appointed
director
2008-04-28
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MACDOUGALL, Gordon appointed
director
2008-04-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-04-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-04-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2008-04-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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.)

Group structure

No Half Measures Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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No Half Measures Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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BLAIRHILL MEDIA LTD.

This company · SC342039

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Patrick Mark Kane Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Gregory Philip Kane Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
No Half Measures Ltd Corporate entity	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.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-04-28

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

5 Eagle Street

1st Floor

Glasgow

G4 9XA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-07

Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MACDOUGALL, Gordon→

secretary · appointed 2008-04-28

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Active

KANE, Gregory Philip→

director · ~60y · appointed 2008-04-28

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Active

KANE, Patrick Mark→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-04-28

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Active

MACDOUGALL, Gordon→

director · ~61y · appointed 2008-04-28

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-04-28 · resigned 2008-04-28

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-28 · resigned 2008-04-28

Resigned

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