BLACK COUNTRY EXCURSIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02592029 · ltd · incorporated 1991-03-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
92 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-03-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-04-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-09-30
    EDWARDS, Julie Patricia resigned
    secretary
  16. 2014-09-30
    EDWARDS, Julie Patricia resigned
    director
  17. 1993-03-15
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 1993-03-15
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  19. 1991-03-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACK COUNTRY EXCURSIONS LIMITED
  20. 1991-03-15
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1991-03-15
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stanley John Owen
Individual · British · DOB 07/1944 · age 82
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Julie Patricia Edwardsceased 01/10/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1991-03-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Lion House
Chapel Street
Netherton, Dudley
West Midlands
DY2 9PN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

OWEN, Stanley John
director · ~82y
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Active
EDWARDS, Julie Patricia
secretary · resigned 2014-09-30
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-03-15 · resigned 1993-03-15
Resigned
EDWARDS, Julie Patricia
director · ~69y · resigned 2014-09-30
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-03-15 · resigned 1993-03-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (92 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-24