BLUE OWL ENTERPRISES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08910069 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 9.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£90.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 9.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £90,198
Cash YoY
+100%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£27k
↑ 100% YoY
Net Worth
£90k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£34k
↑ 76% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £604.0k | £580.8k |
| Current assets | £33.6k | £19.2k |
| Cash | £27.5k | £13.8k |
| Debtors | £649 | £200 |
| Net assets | £90.2k | £66.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-07-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-07-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-07-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Christopher John Willard and Alison Jane Willard
- 2015-04-01➕WILLARD, Christopher John appointeddirector
- 2014-02-25🏢Company incorporatedAs BLUE OWL ENTERPRISES LIMITED
- 2014-02-25➕WILLARD, Alison Jane appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Alison Jane Willard Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Christopher Willard Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-02-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation
Registered office
Blue Owl
Nayland Road
Great Horksley
Colchester
CO6 4AH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WILLARD, Alison Jane→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2014-02-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILLARD, Christopher John→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2015-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Christopher John Willard and Alison Jane Willard | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/02/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (39 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13