BLIND INSPIRATION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04226701 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-01
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
70 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-07
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2021-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-08-13
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  10. 2018-02-13
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  11. 2017-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  12. 2016-06-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-02-23
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-06-19
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    address · AD01
  15. 2015-06-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2001-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BLIND INSPIRATION LIMITED
  17. 2001-06-01
    ➕
    COWL, Janet appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-06-01
    ➕
    COWL, John Gregory appointed
    director
  19. 2001-06-01
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2001-06-01
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-06-01
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2001-06-01
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    WATERLOW 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 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Gregory Cowl
Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Janet Cowl
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2001-06-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Evolution House Delft Way
Norwich Airport
Norwich
Norfolk
NR6 6BB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-15
Last: 2026-06-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

COWL, Janet→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWL, John Gregory→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-06-01
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Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-01 · resigned 2001-06-01
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-01 · resigned 2001-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-12