BLACKDYE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC492198 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-27

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). 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 (82/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Average employees	0	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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accounts · AA
2025-12-11
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officers · TM01
2025-08-27
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accounts · AA
2024-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-09
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CRAIG, Robert resigned
director
2023-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-04
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address · AD01
2019-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-12-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-01-06
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accounts · AA
2016-02-08
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annual-return · AR01
2014-11-27
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Company incorporated
As BLACKDYE LIMITED
2014-11-27
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MCCAIN, Thomas James appointed
director
2014-11-27
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CRAIG, Robert appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Craig Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Thomas James Mccain Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2014-11-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

216 West George Street

Glasgow

G2 2PQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-11

Last: 2025-11-27

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MCCAIN, Thomas James→

director · ~66y · appointed 2014-11-27

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Active

CRAIG, Robert→

director · ~68y · appointed 2014-11-27 · resigned 2024-03-09

Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-01-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-11

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-12-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-08-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-08-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-08-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-09-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2021-08-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2020-06-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-12-04