BLIND DITCH LTD

🌳Matureactive
06701599 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2008-09-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 8 total, 8 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees4400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-03-30
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-10-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-09-30
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-28
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-09-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-09-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-07-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2011-02-07
    ➖
    HARRIS, Daniel Gordon resigned
    director
  19. 2008-09-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLIND DITCH LTD
  20. 2008-09-18
    ➕
    CRUTCHLOW, Paula appointed
    director
  21. 2008-09-18
    ➕
    DREVER, John Levack appointed
    director
  22. 2008-09-18
    ➕
    MULLER, Volkhardt Hartmut appointed
    director
  23. 2008-09-18
    ➕
    RADFORD, Catherine Mary appointed
    director
  24. 2008-09-18
    ➕
    HARRIS, Daniel Gordon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Paula Crutchlow
Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence18/09/2016
Mr John Levack Drever
Individual · British · DOB 06/1973 · age 53
——sig. influencesignificant influence18/09/2016
Mr Volkhardt Hartmut Muller
Individual · German,British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence18/09/2016
Ms Catherine Mary Radford
Individual · British · DOB 01/1977 · age 49
——sig. influencesignificant influence18/09/2016
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Miss Paula Crutchlowceased 02/07/2018· significant influence
  • Mr John Levack Dreverceased 02/07/2018· significant influence
  • Mr Volkhard Hartmut Mullerceased 02/07/2018· significant influence
  • Ms Catherine Mary Radfordceased 02/07/2018· significant influence

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2008-09-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

Melrose House Pynes Hill
Rydon Lane
Exeter
Devon
EX2 5AZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CRUTCHLOW, Paula→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DREVER, John Levack→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MULLER, Volkhardt Hartmut→
director · ~54y · appointed 2008-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RADFORD, Catherine Mary→
director · ~49y · appointed 2008-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRIS, Daniel Gordon→
director · ~48y · appointed 2008-09-18 · resigned 2011-02-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-07
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-22