BLACKSTAR FREQUENCY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC776790 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-24
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£21.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised design activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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, 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £21,912

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£22k
↑ 183% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↑ 110% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£5k£10k£15k£21k£26kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£21.9k£7.7k
Current assets£25.7k£12.2k
Net assets£21.9k£7.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-12
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-02-11
    📄
    administrative-restoration-company
    restoration · RT01
  5. 2024-12-24
    📄
    gazette-dissolved-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ2
  6. 2024-10-08
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2023-07-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACKSTAR FREQUENCY LTD
  8. 2023-07-24
    WHYTE, Alan appointed
    director
  9. 2023-07-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Whyte
Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/07/2023

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
Incorporated2023-07-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

Priestside Farm
Auchentiber Rd
Kilmacolm
PA13 4SP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WHYTE, Alan
director · ~57y · appointed 2023-07-24
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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-12
administrative-restoration-company
restoration · RT01
2025-02-11
gazette-dissolved-compulsory
gazette · GAZ2
2024-12-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-24