BLACKTHORN GARDENS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10456502 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2016-11-01
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-11-12
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-11-07
    ➕
    MARSTON, Sallie Claire appointed
    director
  4. 2025-10-25
    ➖
    WILKES, Lauren resigned
    director
  5. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-01-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-01-09
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  11. 2023-01-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-08-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-01-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-21
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  16. 2020-04-08
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2020-04-01
    ➕
    HEGARTY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2020-03-31
    ➖
    ORCHARD BLOCK MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2020-03-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-05-24
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2019-05-22
    ➖
    SOCHA, John resigned
    director
  22. 2019-04-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-04-23
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2019-04-16
    ➕
    WILKES, Lauren appointed
    director
  25. 2018-11-14
    ➖
    RALSTON, Iain Cormack resigned
    director
  26. 2018-11-14
    ➖
    RALSTON, Sandra Elisabeth resigned
    director
  27. 2018-03-02
    ➕
    ORCHARD BLOCK MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2018-01-09
    ➖
    SIMONDS, Robert resigned
    secretary
  29. 2017-11-27
    ➕
    SOCHA, John appointed
    director
  30. 2016-11-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACKTHORN GARDENS LIMITED
  31. 2016-11-01
    ➕
    SIMONDS, Robert appointed
    secretary
  32. 2016-11-01
    ➕
    RALSTON, Iain Cormack appointed
    director
  33. 2016-11-01
    ➕
    RALSTON, Sandra Elisabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Socha
Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence27/11/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Sandra Elisabeth Ralstonceased 27/11/2017· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2016-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Thistledown Barn Holcot Lane
Sywell
Northampton
NN6 0BG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

HEGARTY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2020-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARSTON, Sallie Claire→
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-11-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMONDS, Robert→
secretary · appointed 2016-11-01 · resigned 2018-01-09
Resigned
ORCHARD BLOCK MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-03-02 · resigned 2020-03-31
Resigned
RALSTON, Iain Cormack→
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-11-01 · resigned 2018-11-14
Resigned
RALSTON, Sandra Elisabeth→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-11-01 · resigned 2018-11-14
Resigned
SOCHA, John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2017-11-27 · resigned 2019-05-22
Resigned
WILKES, Lauren→
director · ~35y · appointed 2019-04-16 · resigned 2025-10-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-09
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-01-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-24