BLINDS & CO (LEEDS) LTD

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04773948 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-22
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£135.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (76/100)

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
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 4 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 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 £135,104

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£135k
↑ 65% YoY
Current Assets
£167k
↑ 69% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£33k£67k£100k£133k£167kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£148.1k£84.3k
Current assets£166.7k£98.7k
Net assets£135.1k£81.9k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-03
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    NICOLL, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  5. 2024-06-03
    ➖
    NICOLL, Robert Gordon resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-06-03
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    NICOLL, Robert Gordon resigned
    director
  7. 2024-06-03
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2024-06-03
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    officers · TM02
  9. 2024-06-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-07-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2006-11-06
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    NICOLL, Hilary resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-11-06
    ➕
    NICOLL, Robert Gordon appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-11-06
    ➖
    NICOLL, Hilary resigned
    director
  22. 2006-11-06
    ➕
    NICOLL, Robert Gordon appointed
    director
  23. 2004-05-23
    ➕
    NICOLL, Hilary appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-05-23
    ➖
    NICOLL, Ian resigned
    secretary
  25. 2004-05-23
    ➕
    NICOLL, Hilary appointed
    director
  26. 2004-05-23
    ➖
    NICOLL, Ian resigned
    director
  27. 2003-05-23
    ➖
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-05-23
    ➖
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2003-05-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLINDS & CO (LEEDS) LTD
  30. 2003-05-22
    ➕
    NICOLL, Andrew Graeme appointed
    director
  31. 2003-05-22
    ➕
    NICOLL, Ian appointed
    secretary
  32. 2003-05-22
    ➕
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2003-05-22
    ➕
    NICOLL, Ian appointed
    director
  34. 2003-05-22
    ➕
    DUPORT DIRECTOR 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Graeme Nicoll
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/05/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert Gordon Nicollceased 01/01/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2003-05-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

64 Hall Lane
Armley
Leeds
LS12 2LH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-01
Last: 2026-05-18

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

NICOLL, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2024-06-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICOLL, Andrew Graeme→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICOLL, Hilary→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-23 · resigned 2006-11-06
Resigned
NICOLL, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-22 · resigned 2004-05-23
Resigned
NICOLL, Robert Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-06 · resigned 2024-06-03
Resigned
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-22 · resigned 2003-05-23
Resigned
NICOLL, Hilary→
director · ~87y · appointed 2004-05-23 · resigned 2006-11-06
Resigned
NICOLL, Ian→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-05-22 · resigned 2004-05-23
Resigned
NICOLL, Robert Gordon→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-11-06 · resigned 2024-06-03
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-22 · resigned 2003-05-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-06-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-06-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08