BIG BLACK BOX LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
13329169 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-12
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (75/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredLoss-making
Loss before tax £144,864
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-30 |
|---|---|
| Gross profit | £-123.9k |
| Profit before tax | £-144.9k |
| Average employees | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-10-29📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-27📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-04-02📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2022-03-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-03-31📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-04-12🏢Company incorporatedAs BIG BLACK BOX LTD
- 2021-04-12➕GJONNES, Tarek Bougrine appointeddirector
- 2021-04-12➕PRIOR, Timothy Robin appointeddirector
- 2021-04-12📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Timothy Robin Prior Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 12/04/2021 |
Mr Tarek Bougrine Gjonnes Individual · Norwegian · DOB 08/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 12/04/2021 |
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Registered office
21 Navigation Business Village Navigation Way
Ashton-On-Ribble
Preston
PR2 2YP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GJONNES, Tarek Bougrine→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2021-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PRIOR, Timothy Robin→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2021-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (16 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-12-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-04-27
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2022-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-31
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-31