BLACK SKY BOTHIES LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC300668 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-12
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
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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: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41201Construction of commercial buildings
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
52 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

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
    ➖
    GIBBON, David resigned
    director
  2. 2026-04-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2018-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-10-01
    ➖
    LAWSON, Douglas William resigned
    director
  18. 2006-04-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACK SKY BOTHIES LTD
  19. 2006-04-12
    ➕
    MCKEE, Ian Forrester appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-04-12
    ➕
    MCKEE, Ian Forrester appointed
    director
  21. 2006-04-12
    ➕
    GIBBON, David appointed
    director
  22. 2006-04-12
    ➕
    LAWSON, Douglas William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Mr Ian Forrester Mckee
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr David Gibbon
Individual · British · DOB 01/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-04-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

20 Torphichen Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8JB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MCKEE, Ian Forrester→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-12
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Active
MCKEE, Ian Forrester→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-04-12
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Active
GIBBON, David→
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-04-12 · resigned 2026-04-08
Resigned
LAWSON, Douglas William→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-04-12 · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-31