BLACK COUNTRY PINS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02798636 · ltd · incorporated 1993-03-11
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 29.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 29.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 29.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-12-03🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2021-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-06-06🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2019-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-19📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-05📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2002-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1998-12-23🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1997-06-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1997-03-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1995-06-01➕STANFORD, Terence appointedsecretary
- 1995-06-01➖EVANS, Beverley Anne resignedsecretary
- 1993-03-12➖BREWER, Kevin, Dr resignednominee-secretary
- 1993-03-12➖BREWER, Kevin, Dr resignednominee-director
- 1993-03-11🏢Company incorporatedAs BLACK COUNTRY PINS LIMITED
- 1993-03-11➕BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointednominee-secretary
- 1993-03-11➕BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointednominee-director
Owner dependency
81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Terence Stanford Individual · British · DOB 03/1945 · age 81 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/01/2017 |
Mrs Beverley Anne Stanford Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest | 01/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
12b Withy Road Industrial Estate
Withy Road
Bilston
West Midlands
WV14 0RX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
BREWER, Kevin, Dr→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1993-03-11 · resigned 1993-03-12
EVANS, Beverley Anne→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1995-06-01
BREWER, Kevin, Dr→
Resignednominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1993-03-11 · resigned 1993-03-12
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 23/12/1998 | 03/12/2021 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 10/06/1997 | 06/06/2020 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 27/03/1997 | 30/08/2002 |
Recent filings (91 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-08
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-02