BLEK LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC549343 · ltd · incorporated 2016-11-03
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£70.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £70,310
Cash YoY
+164%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£64k
↑ 164% YoY
Net Worth
£70k
↑ 365% YoY
Current Assets
£439k
↑ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £70.3k | £-26.5k |
| Current assets | £438.8k | £321.0k |
| Cash | £64.4k | £24.4k |
| Debtors | £359.4k | £282.6k |
| Net assets | £70.3k | £-26.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-11📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-28📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-03-31📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-03-31📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-10-19📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-30📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-01-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-26📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2020-12-01➕AHMED, Hina appointeddirector
- 2016-11-03🏢Company incorporatedAs BLEK LTD
- 2016-11-03➕AHMED, Anees appointeddirector
- 2016-11-03➕AHMED, Ateeq appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Big Licks Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Big Licks Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BLEK LTD
This company · SC549343
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Big Licks Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/03/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Anees Ahmedceased 31/03/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Ateeq Ahmedceased 31/03/2023· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-11-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Registered office
47 Finnieston Street
Glasgow
G3 8JU
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
AHMED, Anees→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2016-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AHMED, Ateeq→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2016-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
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Recent filings (32 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-04-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-31
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-28