BLACK-OUT! WORLDWIDE LTD.

🌳Matureactive
03133352 · ltd · incorporated 1995-12-01
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
87 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-01-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-02-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2011-07-15
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    LEWIS, John Michael resigned
    director
  16. 2011-02-23
    ➖
    ALLSOPP, Roger Alan resigned
    director
  17. 2001-09-18
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    LEWIS, John Michael appointed
    director
  18. 2001-06-18
    ➖
    SKEVINGTON, Colin David resigned
    director
  19. 1999-09-30
    ➕
    HUNT, Robert Paul appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-03-01
    ➖
    SMITH & WILLIAMSON LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 1996-06-01
    ➕
    SMITH & WILLIAMSON LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 1996-05-27
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    SKEVINGTON, Colin David resigned
    secretary
  23. 1995-12-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BLACK-OUT! WORLDWIDE LTD.
  24. 1995-12-01
    ➕
    GOUGH, John Norman Barford appointed
    director
  25. 1995-12-01
    ➕
    OVERETT, Mark Victor appointed
    director
  26. 1995-12-01
    ➕
    SKEVINGTON, Colin David appointed
    secretary
  27. 1995-12-01
    ➕
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1995-12-01
    ➖
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1995-12-01
    ➕
    ALLSOPP, Roger Alan appointed
    director
  30. 1995-12-01
    ➕
    SKEVINGTON, Colin David appointed
    director
  31. 1995-12-01
    ➕
    RM NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1995-12-01
    ➖
    RM NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-12-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

147 Hempstead Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 3HF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

HUNT, Robert Paul→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOUGH, John Norman Barford→
director · ~82y · appointed 1995-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OVERETT, Mark Victor→
director · ~66y · appointed 1995-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKEVINGTON, Colin David→
secretary · appointed 1995-12-01 · resigned 1996-05-27
Resigned
RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-12-01 · resigned 1995-12-01
Resigned
SMITH & WILLIAMSON LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-06-01 · resigned 1999-03-01
Resigned
ALLSOPP, Roger Alan→
director · ~81y · appointed 1995-12-01 · resigned 2011-02-23
Resigned
LEWIS, John Michael→
director · ~72y · appointed 2001-09-18 · resigned 2011-07-15
Resigned
SKEVINGTON, Colin David→
director · ~65y · appointed 1995-12-01 · resigned 2001-06-18
Resigned
RM NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-12-01 · resigned 1995-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-28