BLACK ADA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04525795 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-04
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-20.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
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
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £20,220
Net assets shrinking
Down £47,329 YoY
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£983
↓ 9.8% YoY
Net Worth
-£20k
↓ 175% YoY
Current Assets
£64k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£20k-£2k£17k£36k£55k£73kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-12.0k£43.0k
Current assets£64.3k£73.2k
Cash£983£1.1k
Debtors£5.1k£28.5k
Net assets£-20.2k£27.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-09-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  4. 2024-09-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-08-13
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    COLE, Arthur Edwin resigned
    director
  6. 2024-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-01
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-22
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-30
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  12. 2018-09-28
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  13. 2017-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-16
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    address · AD01
  16. 2015-09-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-05-09
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    COLE, Mathew appointed
    director
  18. 2013-05-09
    ➕
    COLE, Nathan Edwin appointed
    director
  19. 2002-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BLACK ADA LIMITED
  20. 2002-09-04
    ➕
    COLE, Zena appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-09-04
    ➕
    OWEN, Peter Alan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-09-04
    ➖
    OWEN, Peter Alan resigned
    secretary
  23. 2002-09-04
    ➕
    COLE, Arthur Edwin appointed
    director
  24. 2002-09-04
    ➕
    COX, Benjamin appointed
    director
  25. 2002-09-04
    ➖
    COX, Benjamin resigned
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Zena Cole
Individual · British · DOB 01/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/08/2024

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
Incorporated2002-09-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

Kings Chambers Queens Cross
High Street
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 1QT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

COLE, Zena→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLE, Mathew→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-05-09
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Active
COLE, Nathan Edwin→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OWEN, Peter Alan→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-04 · resigned 2002-09-04
Resigned
COLE, Arthur Edwin→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-09-04 · resigned 2024-08-13
Resigned
COX, Benjamin→
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-09-04 · resigned 2002-09-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-17
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-22