BLACK BEARING RANCH CIC

🌱Startupactive
16873186 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2025-11-25
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.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 88990Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
  • 96040Physical well-being activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: low (43/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
1 filing — limited history
30
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACK BEARING RANCH CIC
  2. 2025-11-25
    PRIDEAUX, James appointed
    secretary
  3. 2025-11-25
    PRIDEAUX, James appointed
    director
  4. 2025-11-25
    📄
    incorporation-community-interest-company
    incorporation · CICINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 0.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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.)

Similar companies

Active · Education & training · PL postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
AN-NOOR ARABIC LANGUAGE SCHOOL CIC
11914422 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE LTD
13523425 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
ARGYLE PRIDE GROUP CIC
15215056 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
ARTS 'N' MINDS CIC
16707460 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
BAHASA BASUDARA C.I.C.
13238042 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
BALVUR LTD
16871732 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
BEACON EDUCATION CONSULTING (SOUTH WEST) LTD
13515723 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
BEAUTY CODE TRAINING AND AESTHETICS LTD
11659614 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
BESTRIDE LTD.
12606467 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
BIG SIS C.I.C.
12458521 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
6y
BLOCK MANAGEMENT TRAINING LIMITED
12369021 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
BLOKES HUB CIC
17029101 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2025-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

The Stables Colbiggan
Roche
St Austell
Cornwall
PL26 8LJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-25
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PRIDEAUX, James
secretary · appointed 2025-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRIDEAUX, James
director · ~39y · appointed 2025-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (1 total)

incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC
2025-11-25