BLACK CABS (STOKE-ON-TRENT) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06498147 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-08
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£-5.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,840

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£6k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£20
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£6k-£5k-£3k-£2k-£1k£20Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£-5.8k£-5.2k
Current assets£20£20
Net assets£-5.8k£-5.2k

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. 2025-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-16
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  3. 2023-11-21
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  4. 2022-09-29
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  5. 2021-09-07
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  6. 2020-12-18
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  7. 2019-07-19
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  8. 2018-08-16
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  9. 2017-09-13
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  10. 2016-08-24
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  11. 2016-02-09
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  12. 2015-09-15
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  13. 2015-02-16
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  14. 2014-09-29
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  15. 2014-02-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-02-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BLACK CABS (STOKE-ON-TRENT) LIMITED
  17. 2008-02-08
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    SCRAGG, Jean appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-02-08
    ➕
    SCRAGG, Geoffrey Edward appointed
    director
  19. 2008-02-08
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    SCRAGG, Jean appointed
    director
  20. 2008-02-08
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    SCRAGG, Kelvin appointed
    director
  21. 2008-02-08
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    SCRAGG, Wayne appointed
    director
  22. 2008-02-08
    ➕
    KELLY, Sean Stephen, Dr appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-02-08
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    KELLY, Sean Stephen, Dr resigned
    secretary
  24. 2008-02-08
    ➕
    CORPORATE LEGAL LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2008-02-08
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    CORPORATE LEGAL LTD resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Geoffrey Edward Scragg
Individual · British · DOB 01/1942 · age 84
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Jean Scragg
Individual · British · DOB 08/1945 · age 81
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Kelvin Scragg
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Wayne Scragg
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
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
Incorporated2008-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Bucknall Garage
Pennell Street
Stoke-On-Trent
ST2 9BD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

SCRAGG, Jean→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCRAGG, Geoffrey Edward→
director · ~84y · appointed 2008-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCRAGG, Jean→
director · ~81y · appointed 2008-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCRAGG, Kelvin→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCRAGG, Wayne→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KELLY, Sean Stephen, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-08 · resigned 2008-02-08
Resigned
CORPORATE LEGAL LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-02-08 · resigned 2008-02-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-13