BLACKCAP COMPUTING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03368994 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-12

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 May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

96040Physical well-being activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

75 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	0	0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-04-20
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officers · CH01
2026-04-20
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officers · CH01
2026-04-20
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officers · CH03
2026-01-27
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accounts · AA
2025-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
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accounts · AA
2022-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
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accounts · AA
2021-03-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-23
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address · AD01
2017-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-05-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-10-20
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accounts · AA
2007-09-01
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HAWKER, Stephen Neil appointed
secretary
2007-09-01
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HAWKER, Sheila Elizabeth resigned
secretary
1997-05-12
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Company incorporated
As BLACKCAP COMPUTING LIMITED
1997-05-12
➕
HAWKER, Stephen Neil appointed
director
1997-05-12
➕
ATKINSON, Helen Judith appointed
nominee-secretary
1997-05-12
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ATKINSON, Helen Judith resigned
nominee-secretary
1997-05-12
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HAWKER, Sheila Elizabeth appointed
secretary
1997-05-12
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SPECTRUM BUSINESS CORPORATION LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-05-12
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SPECTRUM BUSINESS CORPORATION LIMITED resigned
corporate-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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Neil Hawker Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	10/05/2017

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

Incorporated1997-05-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Hewish Farm Cottage

Milborne St. Andrew

Blandford Forum

DT11 0LH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-24

Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HAWKER, Stephen Neil→

secretary · appointed 2007-09-01

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Active

HAWKER, Stephen Neil→

director · ~73y · appointed 1997-05-12

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Active

ATKINSON, Helen Judith→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-12 · resigned 1997-05-12

Resigned

HAWKER, Sheila Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 1997-05-12 · resigned 2007-09-01

Resigned

SPECTRUM BUSINESS CORPORATION LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-05-12 · resigned 1997-05-12

Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-20

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-20

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2026-04-20