BLACKDOWN SHIRE LTD

🌱Startupactive
17120306 · ltd · incorporated 2026-03-27
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02400
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 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, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 change-of-name
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 incorporation
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-05-12
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2026-03-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACKDOWN SHIRE LTD
  4. 2026-03-27
    GREGORY, Alistair Nicholas appointed
    director
  5. 2026-03-27
    GREGORY, Kelly Elizabeth Ann appointed
    director
  6. 2026-03-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 0.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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: 2026-05-12: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Kelly Elizabeth Ann Gregory
Individual · British · DOB 03/1990 · age 36
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control27/03/2026
Alistair Nicholas Gregory
Individual · British · DOB 06/1988 · age 38
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control27/03/2026

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
Incorporated2026-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

82a James Carter Road
Mildenhall
Bury St. Edmunds
IP28 7DE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-27
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GREGORY, Alistair Nicholas
director · ~38y · appointed 2026-03-27
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Active
GREGORY, Kelly Elizabeth Ann
director · ~36y · appointed 2026-03-27
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Recent filings (3 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-12
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-05-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2026-03-27