BLACK SWAN DATA LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-12 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-28
Watchouts
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
It has been identified that the company may need additional investment to meet liabilities as they fall due over the next 12 months. Without the investment there may be material uncertainty in respect of going concern. The directors, however, are confident that they will be able to obtain additional financing, due to current negotiation, and thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BURGESS HODGSON LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“It has been identified that the company may need additional investment to meet liabilities as they fall due over the next 12 months. Without the investment there may be material uncertainty in respect of going concern. The directors, however, are confident that they will be able to obtain additional financing, due to current negotiation, and thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BLACK SWAN DATA LTD · parent
- Black Swan Trends Limited 100%
- Black Swan Data Inc. 100%
- Black Swan Hungary Kft 100%
- Black Swan Technologies (PTY) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Turnover of the group for the year ended 31 December 2024 was £9,140,000 compared to £7,421,000 for the previous period of 31 December 2023. The turnover increase is a result of increasing the customer base as we are able to deliver our product to new businesses. The Trendscope business continued to develop well, with recurring licence revenues growing over the year. Losses after tax for the current year were £2,815,000 compared to a £7,373,000 for the previous year. The continuing loss is attributed to investment in building the sales and marketing team, developing the Trendscope platform and making further C-level strategic hires.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMOS, Hugo | Director | 2014-06-20 | May 1982 | British |
| BUTCHER, Jon Christopher | Director | 2025-04-29 | Sep 1967 | British |
| CARR, Richard David | Director | 2025-04-29 | Feb 1962 | British |
| NELSON, Matthew | Director | 2025-04-29 | Dec 1980 | Australian |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOULKES, Michael Andrew | Secretary | 2016-03-03 | 2017-09-18 |
| HASSETT, John | Secretary | 2017-09-18 | 2020-08-20 |
| LEVY, Don | Secretary | 2020-04-30 | 2021-12-21 |
| MACRAE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-07-01 | 2020-01-01 |
| AKASHI, Tetsuro | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2022-09-01 |
| CADBURY, George Patrick Egbert | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2011-12-21 |
| CONNIFORD, Keith Vernon Laurence | Director | 2011-09-09 | 2012-02-23 |
| DAY, Christopher John | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2015-02-25 |
| DAY, Christopher John | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2012-02-22 |
| DIMA, Mariano | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2025-04-29 |
| EDMONDSON-JONES, Philip James | Director | 2022-03-29 | 2025-04-29 |
| GREEN, Martin | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2023-07-18 |
| HARRIS-SPEID, Troy Gareth | Director | 2016-07-05 | 2018-09-28 |
| HILLS, Kenneth Cumming | Director | 2016-07-05 | 2021-03-24 |
| HOWELL, Alex, Mr. | Director | 2017-08-18 | 2020-11-06 |
| KING, Steve | Director | 2012-03-26 | 2025-04-29 |
| KING, Steve | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2011-10-10 |
| LASCELLES, Edward William Anthony | Director | 2019-07-23 | 2023-07-10 |
| MANN, Richard Alexander James | Director | 2024-02-21 | 2025-04-29 |
| MANN, Richard Alexander James | Director | 2015-08-07 | 2020-05-05 |
| MATSUI, Toshiyuki | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2020-04-14 |
| SCURLOCK, Gareth | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2011-07-18 |
| SEAR, Mark Andrew | Director | 2011-07-15 | 2011-07-19 |
| SHIMIZU, Daisuke | Director | 2021-04-27 | 2022-04-01 |
| TSUDA, Keigo | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2022-06-01 |
| UEDA, Minoru | Director | 2017-08-07 | 2019-04-25 |
| UJIIE, Makiko | Director | 2020-04-14 | 2021-04-27 |
| WILLIAMS, John Peter | Director | 2019-09-26 | 2025-04-29 |
| YOSHIDA, Kensuke | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-04-01 |
| GSO MMBU PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-06-20 | 2015-10-30 |
| MGAGE HOLDINGS LLC | Corporate Director | 2015-11-19 | 2017-08-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mintel Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-29 | Active |
| The Blackstone Group Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 235 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-13 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-05-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-11 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-07 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
Latest filed period vs the prior one