BLACKFIVE VALVES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04023530 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-29
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28140
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (78/100)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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
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 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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-21➖SMITH, Kathleen Anne resignedsecretary
- 2025-02-21➖SMITH, Kathleen Anne resigneddirector
- 2025-02-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-02-21📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-03-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-04-13➖SMITH, John Stanley Winter, The Trustees For resigneddirector
- 2022-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2016-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2000-07-05➕SMITH, David Richard John appointeddirector
- 2000-07-05➕SMITH, Kathleen Anne appointedsecretary
- 2000-07-05➕SMITH, John Stanley Winter, The Trustees For appointeddirector
- 2000-07-05➕SMITH, Kathleen Anne appointeddirector
- 2000-06-29🏢Company incorporatedAs BLACKFIVE VALVES LIMITED
- 2000-06-29➕QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-06-29➖QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-06-29➕QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-06-29➖QA NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
93/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Blackfive Engineering Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Blackfive Engineering Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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BLACKFIVE VALVES LIMITED
This company · 04023530
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Blackfive Engineering Group Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| AYRECO LIMITED→ 11362222 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28140 — SIC 28140
Registered office
16 Beeston Court
Manor Park
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 1SS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-13
Last: 2026-06-29
Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)
SMITH, David Richard John→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2000-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Kathleen Anne→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-07-05 · resigned 2025-02-21
QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-29 · resigned 2000-06-29
SMITH, John Stanley Winter, The Trustees For→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · appointed 2000-07-05 · resigned 2022-04-13
SMITH, Kathleen Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · appointed 2000-07-05 · resigned 2025-02-21
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-06-29 · resigned 2000-06-29
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (65 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-13