BLACK TYPE LTD

🌳Matureactive
05216415 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-27
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
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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: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
  • 73110Advertising agencies
  • 93191Activities of racehorse owners
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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. 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, 4 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, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-03-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-09-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2018-03-31
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    WILSON, William Brian resigned
    secretary
  16. 2017-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-09-01
    ➕
    RUMBOLD, Judy Helen appointed
    director
  18. 2004-09-01
    ➕
    TARGETT, Jocelyn appointed
    director
  19. 2004-09-01
    ➕
    WILSON, William Brian appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-09-01
    ➖
    MANTEL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2004-09-01
    ➖
    MANTEL NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2004-08-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BLACK TYPE LTD
  23. 2004-08-27
    ➕
    MANTEL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2004-08-27
    ➕
    MANTEL NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Judy Helen Rumbold
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/08/2016
Mr Jocelyn Targett
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/08/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-08-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430

Registered office

3 Morleys Place
Sawston
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB22 3TG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

RUMBOLD, Judy Helen→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TARGETT, Jocelyn→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, William Brian→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-01 · resigned 2018-03-31
Resigned
MANTEL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-08-27 · resigned 2004-09-01
Resigned
MANTEL NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-08-27 · resigned 2004-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-09