BLACK LAKE (UK) LTD

💤Zombieactive
05895737 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-03
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
63 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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees200400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-08-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-08-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-06-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-01-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-01-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-08-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-07-20
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    MILLICAN, Sarah resigned
    director
  19. 2009-07-17
    ➕
    MILLICAN, Paul Richard appointed
    director
  20. 2008-06-18
    ➖
    MILLICAN, Paul resigned
    director
  21. 2008-06-17
    ➖
    MILLICAN, Sarah resigned
    secretary
  22. 2008-06-17
    ➕
    MILLICAN, Sarah appointed
    director
  23. 2006-08-03
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    Company incorporated
    As BLACK LAKE (UK) LTD
  24. 2006-08-03
    ➕
    MILLICAN, Sarah appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-08-03
    ➕
    MILLICAN, Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • 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 Paul Richard Millican
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/05/2016
Mrs Sarah Jane Millican
Individual · British · DOB 06/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/08/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Sarah Jane Millicanceased 03/01/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2006-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Building B Knaresborough Technology Park
Manse Lane
Knaresborough
HG5 8LF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MILLICAN, Paul Richard→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLICAN, Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-03 · resigned 2008-06-17
Resigned
MILLICAN, Paul→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-08-03 · resigned 2008-06-18
Resigned
MILLICAN, Sarah→
director · ~54y · appointed 2008-06-17 · resigned 2009-07-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-02