BLEND (PAISLEY ARTS) LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC815609 · ltd · incorporated 2024-07-05
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£490
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £490
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£490
Current Assets
£7k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-28
Total assets£8.5k
Current assets£6.7k
Net assets£490

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2024-12-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-12-01
    BANKS, Gregor appointed
    director
  5. 2024-12-01
    SALINS, Sundeep Michael appointed
    director
  6. 2024-07-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-07-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BLEND (PAISLEY ARTS) LIMITED
  8. 2024-07-05
    BAIRD, Alan Norman appointed
    director
  9. 2024-07-05
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 1.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

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

Epic Alternative Uk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Epic Alternative Uk Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BLEND (PAISLEY ARTS) LIMITED
This company · SC815609

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Epic Alternative Uk Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/07/2024

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
Incorporated2024-07-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

12 Cairnmaith
Erskine
PA8 7FA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BAIRD, Alan Norman
director · ~45y · appointed 2024-07-05
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Active
BANKS, Gregor
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-12-01
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Active
SALINS, Sundeep Michael
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-12-01
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-29
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-07-05