BLUE SKY PROMOTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03417350 · ltd · incorporated 1997-08-11
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 Aug 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 business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
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
65 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees100100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-27
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  3. 2023-09-29
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  4. 2022-11-11
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  5. 2021-12-20
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  6. 2020-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-04-10
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AAMD
  11. 2016-10-14
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-17
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-08-13
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  14. 2015-02-10
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-08-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-04-06
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    SLOCOMBE, Stuart John appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-04-05
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    HULME, Pamela Ann resigned
    secretary
  18. 1998-08-07
    ➕
    HULME, Pamela Ann appointed
    secretary
  19. 1998-08-07
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    SLOCOMBE, Stuart John resigned
    secretary
  20. 1997-08-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUE SKY PROMOTIONS LIMITED
  21. 1997-08-11
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    SLOCOMBE, Gaynor Elizabeth appointed
    director
  22. 1997-08-11
    ➕
    SLOCOMBE, Stuart John appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-08-11
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-08-11
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 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 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
Mrs Gaynor Elizabeth Slocombe
Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71
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
Incorporated1997-08-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Hollies
Brent Street
Brent Knoll
Somerset
TA9 4EH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SLOCOMBE, Stuart John→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SLOCOMBE, Gaynor Elizabeth→
director · ~71y · appointed 1997-08-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HULME, Pamela Ann→
secretary · appointed 1998-08-07 · resigned 2002-04-05
Resigned
SLOCOMBE, Stuart John→
secretary · appointed 1997-08-11 · resigned 1998-08-07
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-08-11 · resigned 1997-08-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

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2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-14