BLACKTHORN COMPUTER CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03311805 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-03
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 Feb 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
63 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-10
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  4. 2023-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-02-03
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    address · AD01
  10. 2020-02-03
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    officers · TM02
  11. 2020-01-31
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    HODGES, Mollie Blanche resigned
    secretary
  12. 2019-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-18
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-18
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 1997-02-03
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    Company incorporated
    As BLACKTHORN COMPUTER CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  18. 1997-02-03
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    HODGES, Hugh William appointed
    director
  19. 1997-02-03
    ➕
    HODGES, Mollie Blanche appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-02-03
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-02-03
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hugh William Hodges
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Owlets Perch Kent Lane
Shapwick
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA7 9NN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

HODGES, Hugh William→
director · ~63y · appointed 1997-02-03
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Active
HODGES, Mollie Blanche→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-03 · resigned 2020-01-31
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-03 · resigned 1997-02-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-03