BLAIRHILL MEDIA LTD.

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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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£70k£140k£210k£279k£349kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
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.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-03-18
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  3. 2024-03-26
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  4. 2023-04-05
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  5. 2022-02-24
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  6. 2021-04-19
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  7. 2020-06-01
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  8. 2019-06-24
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  9. 2018-06-05
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  10. 2018-06-05
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    officers · CH03
  11. 2018-03-13
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  12. 2018-02-13
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  13. 2017-04-05
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  14. 2016-05-20
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  15. 2016-03-30
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  16. 2008-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As BLAIRHILL MEDIA LTD.
  17. 2008-04-28
    ➕
    MACDOUGALL, Gordon appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-04-28
    ➕
    KANE, Gregory Philip appointed
    director
  19. 2008-04-28
    ➕
    KANE, Patrick Mark appointed
    director
  20. 2008-04-28
    ➕
    MACDOUGALL, Gordon appointed
    director
  21. 2008-04-28
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-04-28
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-04-28
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 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.

🏛️
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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Patrick Mark Kane
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Gregory Philip Kane
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
No Half Measures Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
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
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KANE, Gregory Philip→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KANE, Patrick Mark→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDOUGALL, Gordon→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-24