BLW CLARKE CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10439361 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-20
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 76). 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: 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees200100

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-24
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-03-24
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  4. 2026-03-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-01-01
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    WILLIAMS, Lucy resigned
    director
  6. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-21
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-19
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-24
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-23
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-29
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  12. 2021-03-29
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-03-29
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  14. 2021-03-29
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-06-05
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-20
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BLW CLARKE CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  19. 2016-10-20
    ➕
    CLIFFORD FRY & CO (COMPANY SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2016-10-20
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    CLARKE, Robert Roy Steven appointed
    director
  21. 2016-10-20
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Lucy appointed
    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 "CLARKE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Robert Roy Steven Clarke
Individual · British · DOB 04/1950 · age 76
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/10/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Lucy Williamsceased 01/01/2026· 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
Incorporated2016-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

St Mary's House
Netherhampton
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 8PU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CLIFFORD FRY & CO (COMPANY SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-10-20
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Active
CLARKE, Robert Roy Steven→
director · ~76y · appointed 2016-10-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMS, Lucy→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-10-20 · resigned 2026-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-29