BLACKLAVA SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05733496 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-07
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-23.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (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 (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
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
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
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 £23,390
Cash YoY
+163%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£473
↑ 163% YoY
Net Worth
-£23k
↓ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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-£23k-£19k-£14k-£9k-£4k£473Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-23.4k£-22.4k
Cash£473£180
Net assets£-23.4k£-22.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2023-11-20
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  4. 2022-11-29
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  5. 2021-12-08
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  6. 2020-12-15
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  7. 2019-11-21
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  8. 2018-11-23
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  9. 2017-12-19
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  10. 2016-10-24
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  11. 2016-04-01
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  12. 2015-10-23
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  13. 2015-03-28
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  14. 2014-10-21
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  15. 2014-03-20
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  16. 2006-03-27
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    GOULD, Kathryne Alexandra Lockhart appointed
    director
  17. 2006-03-27
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    GOULD, Kathryne Alexandra Lockhart resigned
    director
  18. 2006-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BLACKLAVA SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  19. 2006-03-07
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    GOULD, Maureen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-03-07
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    GOULD, Kathryne Alexandra Lockhart appointed
    director
  21. 2006-03-07
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    KAYLEY, Andrew James appointed
    director
  22. 2006-03-07
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    BHARDWAJ, Ashok appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-03-07
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    BHARDWAJ, Ashok resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-03-07
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    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-03-07
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    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Mr Andrew James Kayley
Individual · British · DOB 06/1976 · age 50
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Miss Kathryne Alexandra Lockhart Gould
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2006-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Merrol Knowle Lane
Horton Heath
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 7DZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GOULD, Maureen→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOULD, Kathryne Alexandra Lockhart→
director · ~53y · appointed 2006-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAYLEY, Andrew James→
director · ~50y · appointed 2006-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BHARDWAJ, Ashok→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-07 · resigned 2006-03-07
Resigned
GOULD, Kathryne Alexandra Lockhart→
director · ~53y · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2006-03-27
Resigned
BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-07 · resigned 2006-03-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-08
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accounts · AA
2025-12-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-15
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accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
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accounts · AA
2023-11-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-19