BLACK STORK INVESTMENTS LLP
💤Zombieactive
OC436659 · llp · incorporated 2021-03-31
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 3.5y
35/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Charge age ~3.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredVery low cash
Cash position: £36
Cash draining
Cash down 100% YoY
Cash YoY
-100%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£36
↓ 100% YoY
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
£22k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £689.0k | £682.4k |
| Current assets | £21.8k | £15.4k |
| Cash | £36 | £11.7k |
| Debtors | £21.7k | £3.8k |
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.
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
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2026-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-01📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2025-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-04📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2024-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-30📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR01
- 2023-01-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR01
- 2022-12-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hampshire Trust Bank PLC
- 2022-12-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hampshire Trust Bank PLC
- 2022-09-22📄change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH02
- 2022-07-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
- 2022-06-07📍change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · LLAD01
- 2022-05-25📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2022-05-20📄change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH02
- 2022-05-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
- 2021-03-31🏢Company incorporatedAs BLACK STORK INVESTMENTS LLP
- 2021-03-31➕ZWART, Lennard appointedllp-designated-member
- 2021-03-31➕CICONIA TRADING LTD appointedcorporate-llp-designated-member
- 2021-03-31📄incorporation-limited-liability-partnershipincorporation · LLIN01
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Ciconia Trading Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
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Ciconia Trading Ltd
Corporate parent
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BLACK STORK INVESTMENTS LLP
This company · OC436659
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Lennard Zwart Individual · Dutch · DOB 02/1977 · age 49 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting · trust interest · firm interest | 31/03/2021 |
Ciconia Trading Ltd Corporate entity | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting · trust interest · firm interest | 31/03/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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
Typellp
Incorporated2021-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—
Registered office
01 Meadlake Place Thorpe Lea Road
Egham
Surrey
TW20 8HE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ZWART, Lennard→
Activellp-designated-member · ~49y · appointed 2021-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CICONIA TRADING LTD→
Activecorporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2021-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Hampshire Trust Bank Hampshire Trust Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 30/12/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Hampshire Trust Bank Hampshire Trust Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 30/12/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (17 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR01
2023-01-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR01
2023-01-03
change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH02
2022-09-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
2022-07-23
change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · LLAD01
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-05-25
change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH02
2022-05-20