BLUE NOUN LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC611653 · ltd · incorporated 2018-10-24

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 7.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£-8.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.2y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 7.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

17 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £8,723

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£9k

↑ 51% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↓ 70% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£137.4k	£142.5k
Current assets	£2.9k	£9.6k
Net assets	£-8.7k	£-17.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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accounts · AA
2025-06-23
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accounts · AA
2024-07-08
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accounts · AA
2023-07-17
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accounts · AA
2022-07-13
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accounts · AA
2021-08-03
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accounts · AA
2020-09-22
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accounts · AA
2019-04-24
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mortgage · MR01
2019-04-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2019-02-19
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mortgage · MR01
2019-02-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2018-10-24
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Company incorporated
As BLUE NOUN LTD
2018-10-24
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GRAHAM, Kenneth Edward appointed
director
2018-10-24
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PRINGLE, Ruth Elizabeth appointed
director
2018-10-24
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kenneth Edward Graham Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1977 · age 49	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	24/10/2018
Ms Ruth Elizabeth Pringle Individual · British · DOB 10/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	24/10/2018

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

Incorporated2018-10-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Blue Noun

Lodge Street

Crieff

PH7 4DW

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-04

Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GRAHAM, Kenneth Edward→

director · ~49y · appointed 2018-10-24

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Active

PRINGLE, Ruth Elizabeth→

director · ~51y · appointed 2018-10-24

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	18/04/2019	—
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)	A registered charge	—	13/02/2019	—

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