BLAENTROTHY LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04129539 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-21
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£25.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
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
56 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £25,841
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,580 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£38k
Net Worth
£26k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£48k
↓ 94% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £880.4k | £1.55M |
| Current assets | £47.6k | £733.7k |
| Cash | £38.1k | — |
| Debtors | £8.4k | — |
| Net assets | £25.8k | £33.4k |
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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-27📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-27📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2000-12-21🏢Company incorporatedAs BLAENTROTHY LIMITED
- 2000-12-21➕MACDONALD, Ruairidh Macphie appointedsecretary
- 2000-12-21➕MACDONALD, Caroline appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 26 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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 66. 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ruairidh Macphie Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| BEAUFORT COLTS JFC FIELDS & FACILITIES C.I.C.→ 13808958 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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| BETTERMENT PARK SPORTS C.I.C.→ 16457145 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BK15 PROMOTIONS LIMITED→ 11169817 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities
Registered office
Blaentrothy Farm Near Grosmont Abergavenny
Grosmont
Abergavenny
NP7 8HN
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MACDONALD, Ruairidh Macphie→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-12-21
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MACDONALD, Caroline→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2000-12-21
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Recent filings (56 total)
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2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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2025-09-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-12-20