A B BLACKTON BUILDERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05776929 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-11
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£9.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
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
52 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,851
Very low cash
Cash position: £23
Cash draining
Cash down 100% YoY
Cash YoY
-100%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£23
↓ 100% YoY
Net Worth
£10k
↑ 161% YoY
Current Assets
£32k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£17k£26k£34k£43kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£10.9k£10.8k
Current assets£31.6k£42.8k
Cash£23£23.2k
Debtors£31.6k£19.7k
Net assets£9.9k£3.8k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2023-12-30
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  4. 2022-11-14
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  5. 2022-09-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-09-06
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-09-06
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    address · AD01
  8. 2021-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-28
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  10. 2019-11-22
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  11. 2018-12-24
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  12. 2017-12-24
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  13. 2016-12-22
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  14. 2016-05-04
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  15. 2015-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-10-03
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    SMITH, Carol resigned
    secretary
  17. 2006-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As A B BLACKTON BUILDERS LIMITED
  18. 2006-04-11
    ➕
    BLACKTON, Adrian Bryan appointed
    director
  19. 2006-04-11
    ➕
    SMITH, Carol appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-04-11
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    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-04-11
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    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-04-11
    ➕
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-04-11
    ➖
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BLACKTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Bryan Blackton
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

Blackberry House 16 Chiltern Road
Prestbury
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL52 5JQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

BLACKTON, Adrian Bryan→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Carol→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2013-10-03
Resigned
QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2006-04-11
Resigned
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2006-04-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

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2026-04-24
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2025-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
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accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
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accounts · AA
2023-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-28