BLACK KING PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC227954 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-11
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees100100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-23
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  5. 2023-11-22
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  6. 2023-11-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2023-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-02-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-02-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-02-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-03-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2019-03-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-01-01
    ➖
    KING, Amanda resigned
    director
  19. 2017-12-31
    ➕
    KING, Amanda appointed
    director
  20. 2002-02-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACK KING PROPERTIES LIMITED
  21. 2002-02-11
    ➕
    KING, Amanda appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-02-11
    ➕
    KING, Amanda appointed
    director
  23. 2002-02-11
    ➕
    KING, Gregor Campbell appointed
    director
  24. 2002-02-11
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-02-11
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-02-11
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-02-11
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Amanda King
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Gregor Campbell King
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-02-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

216 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 2PQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

KING, Amanda→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KING, Amanda→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KING, Gregor Campbell→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-11 · resigned 2002-02-11
Resigned
KING, Amanda→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-12-31 · resigned 2018-01-01
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-11 · resigned 2002-02-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-11-23
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-16