BLAIRSTON ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC368750 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-18

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 13.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£2.38M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.6y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,381,484

Cash YoY

+19%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£120k

↑ 19% YoY

Net Worth

£2.4m

↑ 2.3% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Cash	£119.9k	£100.4k
Net assets	£2.38M	£2.33M

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

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 capital

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 capital

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-04-23
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-28
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TANA, Luigi appointed
director
2025-11-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-08-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Schroder & Co. Limited
2025-07-24
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-07-24
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-09
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-07-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-12-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2014-06-23
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DI CIACCA TANA, Sofia Anna Maria appointed
secretary
2014-06-23
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DI CIACCA TANA, Sofia Anna Maria appointed
director
2014-06-23
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DICIACCA, Selina resigned
secretary
2012-10-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Schroder & Co Limited
2012-08-31
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DI CIACCA, Sofia Anna Maria resigned
director
2011-06-22
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DI CIACCA, Sofia Anna Maria appointed
director
2009-11-18
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Company incorporated
As BLAIRSTON ENTERPRISES LIMITED
2009-11-18
➕
DI CIACCA, Cesidio Martin appointed
director
2009-11-18
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DI CIACCA, Selina Maria appointed
director
2009-11-18
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DICIACCA, Selina appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Cesidio Martin Di Ciacca Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	29/10/2016

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

Incorporated2009-11-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

C/O Johnston Carmichael

227 West George Street

Glasgow

G2 2ND

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-08

Last: 2025-10-25