BLACK COUNTRY WINDOWS LIMITED

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02607284 · ltd · incorporated 1991-05-02
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees101200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-05-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-22
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-02-08
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-10
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-04-11
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    YATES, Craig resigned
    director
  17. 2007-07-02
    ➕
    YATES, Craig appointed
    director
  18. 1991-05-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BLACK COUNTRY WINDOWS LIMITED
  19. 1991-05-02
    ➕
    YATES, Christine Anne appointed
    secretary
  20. 1991-05-02
    ➕
    YATES, David appointed
    director
  21. 1991-05-02
    ➕
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1991-05-02
    ➖
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1991-05-02
    ➕
    COHEN, Violet appointed
    nominee-director
  24. 1991-05-02
    ➖
    COHEN, Violet resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Rite Fit Windows & Doors Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Rite Fit Windows & Doors Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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BLACK COUNTRY WINDOWS LIMITED
This company · 02607284

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Yates
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Rite Fit Windows & Doors Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/09/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Christine Yatesceased 08/09/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1991-05-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Leamore Lane
Walsall
WS2 7DQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

YATES, Christine Anne→
secretary · appointed 1991-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YATES, David→
director · ~71y · appointed 1991-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-05-02 · resigned 1991-05-02
Resigned
COHEN, Violet→
nominee-director · ~94y · appointed 1991-05-02 · resigned 1991-05-02
Resigned
YATES, Craig→
director · ~46y · appointed 2007-07-02 · resigned 2014-04-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (89 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-13