BLACK OLDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-20 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-06
Watchouts
Cash
£123K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£309K
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£431K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Although the Company has continued to work on these contracts throughout the year, the Directors do not intend for the Company to take on any new contracts and the Company is expected to cease trading once all outstanding operational, legal and administrative matters can be appropriately resolved. Accordingly, the accounts have not been prepared on a going concern basis, merely reflecting the longer-term intention for the business.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BLACK OLDCO LIMITED 2023-10-13 → present
- BERRY SYSTEMS LIMITED 2022-11-07 → 2023-10-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,545,000 | £1,387,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,954,000 | -£377,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,956,000 | -£431,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,956,000 | -£422,000 | |
| Cash | £64,000 | £123,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £113,000 | -£309,000 | |
| Equity | £113,000 | -£309,000 | |
| Average employees | 12 | — | |
| Wages | £583,000 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -116.1% | -27.2% | |
| Net margin | -116.1% | -30.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.46x | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | -1477.00x | -6.98x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Although the Company has continued to work on these contracts throughout the year, the Directors do not intend for the Company to take on any new contracts and the Company is expected to cease trading once all outstanding operational, legal and administrative matters can be appropriately resolved. Accordingly, the accounts have not been prepared on a going concern basis, merely reflecting the longer-term intention for the business.”
Significant events
- “In the prior period, on 1 April 2023, the Company purchased the trade and certain assets of a car park solutions business ('Berry Systems') which it subsequently sold on 12 October 2023 to a third party. The principal activity of the Company, prior to the disposal of the business, was the design and supply of infrastructure solutions for car parks, warehousing, industrial and commercial buildings. The Company retained two contracts following the disposal of the business which it has continued to work on throughout the current year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATTERBURY, Karen Lorraine | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | — | — |
| ATTERBURY, Karen Lorraine | Director | 2025-05-16 | Feb 1976 | British |
| WHITEHOUSE, Joel Paul | Director | 2025-05-16 | Apr 1974 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENDERSON, Charles Alexander | Secretary | 2022-11-07 | 2024-09-30 |
| HEERDEN, Andre Van | Director | 2022-11-07 | 2023-09-22 |
| REED, Alan | Director | 2022-11-07 | 2025-05-16 |
| WILKINSON, Peter John | Director | 2023-09-22 | 2025-05-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill & Smith Infrastructure Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-11-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 21 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-13 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-10 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-10 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-10 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-09-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-04-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-11-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31