BLACK PONY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC598295 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-26
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-88.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed property-backed borrower — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.0y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £88,459
Cash YoY
+18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↑ 18% YoY
Net Worth
-£88k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
Current Liabilities
—
-£102k-£81k-£59k-£38k-£17k£5kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£222.4k£226.4k
Current assets£4.6k—
Cash£4.6k£3.9k
Net assets£-88.5k£-101.9k

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

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3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-01-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-01-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-01-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-01-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-16
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2019-05-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited Acting as Security Trustee for Itself & Others
  15. 2019-04-24
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2019-04-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  17. 2018-05-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BLACK PONY LIMITED
  18. 2018-05-26
    ➕
    LI, Kun appointed
    director
  19. 2018-05-26
    ➕
    LI, Marilyn Yik Lynn appointed
    director
  20. 2018-05-26
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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

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 Kun Li
Individual · Chinese · DOB 02/1988 · age 38
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/05/2018
Mrs Marilyn Yik Lynn Li
Individual · British · DOB 01/1994 · age 32
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/05/2018

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
Incorporated2018-05-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

9 Royal Crescent
Glasgow
G3 7SP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LI, Kun→
director · ~38y · appointed 2018-05-26
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Active
LI, Marilyn Yik Lynn→
director · ~32y · appointed 2018-05-26
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited Acting as Security Trustee for Itself & Others
A registered charge1 property15/05/2019—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—18/04/2019—
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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11