DARK SKY COLLECTION LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10584451 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 4.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.3y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~4.3 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees3500

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
6
filings
  • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 capital
Last 90 days
7
filings
  • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 capital
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2026-07-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-07-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-07-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2026-07-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2026-05-11
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2022-03-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  13. 2021-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-30
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2017-01-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DARK SKY COLLECTION LTD
  19. 2017-01-25
    DAVIES, Julie appointed
    director
  20. 2017-01-25
    DAVIES, Keri Howell appointed
    director
  21. 2017-01-25
    DAVIES, Reuben Howell Dyfrig appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-05-11: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

K H & J Partners Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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K H & J Partners Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
DARK SKY COLLECTION LTD
This company · 10584451

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
K H & J Partners Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Keri Howell Daviesceased 06/04/2026· significant influence
  • Mrs Julie Daviesceased 06/04/2026· significant influence

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

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-01-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Glwydcaenewydd Farm
Crai
Brecon
LD3 8YP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-28
Last: 2026-07-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIES, Julie
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-01-25
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Active
DAVIES, Keri Howell
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-01-25
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Active
DAVIES, Reuben Howell Dyfrig
director · ~26y · appointed 2017-01-25
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge15/03/2022
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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-07-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-07-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-07-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-07-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-07-14
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21