BLACKHALL VILLAGE NEWSAGENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC225092 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-08
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

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£38.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47620
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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: medium (77/100)

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 (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
63 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £38,852
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,961 YoY
Cash YoY
-13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£40k
↓ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£39k
↓ 7.1% YoY
Current Assets
£84k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£18k£36k£54k£72k£90kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£39.1k£42.1k
Current assets£84.2k£89.7k
Cash£39.8k£45.7k
Debtors£26.6k£25.7k
Net assets£38.9k£41.8k

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

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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-25
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  2. 2024-07-31
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  3. 2024-01-16
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  4. 2023-07-26
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  5. 2022-07-29
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  6. 2021-07-29
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  7. 2020-10-22
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  8. 2019-07-24
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  9. 2019-06-19
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  10. 2019-04-11
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    GILLAN, Elaine resigned
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  11. 2018-07-30
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  12. 2017-07-27
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  13. 2016-07-27
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  14. 2015-11-16
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  15. 2015-07-28
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  16. 2014-12-04
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  17. 2005-11-17
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    GILLAN, Elaine appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-11-17
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    MCINTYRE, John resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-11-17
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    MCINTYRE, Carol resigned
    director
  20. 2001-11-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BLACKHALL VILLAGE NEWSAGENTS LIMITED
  21. 2001-11-08
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    MCINTYRE, John appointed
    director
  22. 2001-11-08
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    MCINTYRE, John appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-11-08
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    ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-11-08
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    ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-11-08
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    MCINTYRE, Carol appointed
    director
  26. 2001-11-08
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    ACS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2001-11-08
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    ACS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Mcintyre
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-11-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47620 — SIC 47620

Registered office

59 Craigcrook Road
Edinburgh
EH4 3PH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

MCINTYRE, John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-11-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILLAN, Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-17 · resigned 2019-04-11
Resigned
MCINTYRE, John→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-08 · resigned 2005-11-17
Resigned
ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-08 · resigned 2001-11-08
Resigned
MCINTYRE, Carol→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-11-08 · resigned 2005-11-17
Resigned
ACS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-08 · resigned 2001-11-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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2025-07-25
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2024-11-12
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2024-07-31
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2024-01-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
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2023-07-26
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2022-11-12
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2022-07-29
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2021-11-09
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2021-07-29
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2021-01-09
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2020-10-22
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2019-11-21
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2019-07-24