BLAZING KEEP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC479036 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-03

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.04M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

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Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 10.5y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £1,044,329

Cash draining

Cash down 45% YoY

Cash YoY

-45%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6k

↓ 45% YoY

Net Worth

£1.0m

↑ 1186% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Cash	£6.0k	£10.9k
Net assets	£1.04M	£81.2k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-01
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-09-25
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-08-30
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-08-29
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-21
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-02
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-06-19
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-05
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SOBHANI, Shahin appointed
director
2025-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-10
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WALKER, Steven John resigned
director
2025-02-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-20
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FREW, David appointed
director
2025-01-20
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MCLEOD, Colin appointed
director
2025-01-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-18
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-09-09
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-09
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Charge satisfied #3
2024-04-21
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-19
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bridgeworks Plus LTD
2024-01-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-28
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-07-18
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-03-31
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VAN DER WATT, Francois Peter Andre resigned
director
2020-03-27
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EWEN, Catriona Anne resigned
secretary
2019-11-20
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WALDO, Barry Brandon resigned
director
2019-03-07
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WALKER, Steven John appointed
director
2019-02-22
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Charge satisfied #2
2018-11-20
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MARRIOTT, Henry John appointed
director
2018-11-20
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HESLOP, Stephen resigned
director
2018-11-20
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WALDO, Barry Brandon appointed
director
2017-07-10
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-07-01
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COURTNEY, Jen resigned
secretary
2017-07-01
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EWEN, Catriona Anne appointed
secretary
2016-12-23
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HESLOP, Stephen appointed
director
2015-12-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: East of Scotland Investment Fund
2015-11-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Altara Games Limited
2015-02-02
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ALAE-CAREW, Naysun Darren appointed
director
2015-02-02
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COURTNEY, Jen appointed
secretary
2014-06-03
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Company incorporated
As BLAZING KEEP LIMITED
2014-06-03
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VAN DER WATT, Francois Peter Andre appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Scottish Enterprise holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Scottish Enterprise

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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BLAZING KEEP LIMITED

This company · SC479036

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Scottish Enterprise Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	18/07/2023
Henry John Marriott Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	19/03/2018

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Naysun Darren Alae-Carewceased 19/03/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Peter Andre Van Der Wattceased 26/02/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2014-06-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62011 — Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development

Registered office

The Old School House

101 Portman Street

Glasgow

G41 1EJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-20

Last: 2025-06-06