BLACK SKULL TALENT LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15514030 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-22
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-02-28
Average employees400

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
1
filing
  • 1 capital
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 capital
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  2. 2026-03-11
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  3. 2025-12-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-12-10
    HARRIS, Ben Christopher James resigned
    director
  5. 2025-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-07-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-09-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-02-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACK SKULL TALENT LIMITED
  9. 2024-02-22
    NICHOLSON, Ross Thomas appointed
    director
  10. 2024-02-22
    REVELL, Jay Courtney appointed
    director
  11. 2024-02-22
    SHIPTON, Daniel Paul Francis appointed
    director
  12. 2024-02-22
    HARRIS, Ben Christopher James appointed
    director
  13. 2024-02-22
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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
Daniel Paul Francis Shipton
Individual · British · DOB 06/1982 · age 44
board controlboard control22/02/2024

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
Incorporated2024-02-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

1 Second Avenue
Halstead
CO9 2SU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

NICHOLSON, Ross Thomas
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-02-22
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Active
REVELL, Jay Courtney
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-02-22
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Active
SHIPTON, Daniel Paul Francis
director · ~44y · appointed 2024-02-22
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Active
HARRIS, Ben Christopher James
director · ~32y · appointed 2024-02-22 · resigned 2025-12-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-03-18
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-22