BLACKBURN FENCING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC473006 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-20
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02400
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), 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 (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-25📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-25📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-03-20🏢Company incorporatedAs BLACKBURN FENCING LIMITED
- 2014-03-20➕BLACKBURN, Alan appointeddirector
- 2014-03-20➕BLACKBURN, Eleanor appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BLACKBURN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Alan Blackburn Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Eleanor Blackburn Individual · British · DOB 12/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated2014-03-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400
Registered office
Newton House
Insch Road
Avoch
IV9 8RD
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BLACKBURN, Alan→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2014-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BLACKBURN, Eleanor→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2014-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (26 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-18