BIRCHALL BLACKBURN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03033622 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-16

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2026-03-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-28
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BOYCE, Moira Kathleen resigned
director
2026-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-16
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-03-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-11-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2008-09-12
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FOXFORD, Michael John appointed
secretary
2008-09-12
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FOXFORD, Michael John appointed
director
2008-09-12
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JONES, Ivan resigned
secretary
2008-09-12
➕
BOYCE, Moira Kathleen appointed
director
2008-09-12
➖
JONES, Ivan resigned
director
2008-09-12
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ROBBINS, William Denison resigned
director
1999-12-16
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JONES, Ivan appointed
director
1999-12-10
➖
EDDLESTONE, Christopher Law resigned
director
1999-11-30
➖
BLACKBURN, John David resigned
director
1999-04-30
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EDDLESTONE, Christopher Law resigned
secretary
1999-04-30
➕
JONES, Ivan appointed
secretary
1995-03-22
➕
EDDLESTONE, Christopher Law appointed
secretary
1995-03-22
➖
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-03-22
➕
BLACKBURN, John David appointed
director
1995-03-22
➕
EDDLESTONE, Christopher Law appointed
director
1995-03-22
➕
ROBBINS, William Denison appointed
director
1995-03-22
➖
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1995-03-16
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Company incorporated
As BIRCHALL BLACKBURN LIMITED
1995-03-16
➕
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-03-16
➕
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)

Group structure

Bb Legal Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bb Legal Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BIRCHALL BLACKBURN LIMITED

This company · 03033622

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Bb Legal Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-03-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Merchant House

38-46 Avenham Street

Preston

PR1 3BN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-30

Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

FOXFORD, Michael John→

secretary · appointed 2008-09-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FOXFORD, Michael John→

director · ~64y · appointed 2008-09-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

EDDLESTONE, Christopher Law→

secretary · appointed 1995-03-22 · resigned 1999-04-30

Resigned

JONES, Ivan→

secretary · appointed 1999-04-30 · resigned 2008-09-12

Resigned

L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-03-16 · resigned 1995-03-22

Resigned

BLACKBURN, John David→

director · ~80y · appointed 1995-03-22 · resigned 1999-11-30

Resigned

BOYCE, Moira Kathleen→

director · ~75y · appointed 2008-09-12 · resigned 2026-02-28

Resigned

EDDLESTONE, Christopher Law→

director · ~76y · appointed 1995-03-22 · resigned 1999-12-10

Resigned

JONES, Ivan→

director · ~78y · appointed 1999-12-16 · resigned 2008-09-12

Resigned

ROBBINS, William Denison→

director · ~76y · appointed 1995-03-22 · resigned 2008-09-12

Resigned

L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-03-16 · resigned 1995-03-22

Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-23

change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address

address · AD02

2026-03-19

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-03-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-02-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-12-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-01-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-28

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-03-16

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2022-03-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-03-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2021-12-09