BLACKBIRD ESTATES LIMITED
Company number 04640751 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Blackbird Estates operates as a highly leveraged, family trust-controlled property vehicle in Poole's premium coastal market, with debt-to-assets at 91.8% — well above the 60-75% sector norm. While the company has successfully navigated back from negative equity (2016-2018) to a stabilised position, its thin equity margin of £80k on a £1.38M asset base provides minimal buffer against the current headwinds of elevated borrowing costs and regulatory tightening in the private rental sector. The company is a niche personal investment vehicle rather than a competitive market participant, and its extreme leverage leaves it materially exposed to any softening in the local property market.
Shareholders' funds
£80,577
Balance sheet as at 2025-11-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2003-01-17
- Employees
- 1 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 15 Lagoon Road 15 Lagoon Road, Lilliput, Poole, Dorset, England, BH14 8JT
- Postcode
- BH14 8JT
- Capital
- 200 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
- Charges
- 8 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-11-30
- Next due by
- 2027-08-31
- Financial year end
- 30 November
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-21
- Next due by
- 2027-02-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 68209 Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Officers 1 current · 12 resigned
Group structure 21 subsidiaries
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BLACKBIRD HOMES (ROSEMARY ROAD) LIMITED Active - Proposal to Strike off
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CHURCHILL BUSINESS PARK (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED Active - Proposal to Strike off
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FORTITUDO (108) LIMITED Active - Proposal to Strike off
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FORTITUDO (116) LIMITED Active - Proposal to Strike off
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FORTITUDO (121) LIMITED Active - Proposal to Strike off
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FORTITUDO (126) LIMITED Active - Proposal to Strike off
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FORTITUDO (155) LIMITED Active - Proposal to Strike off
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FORTITUDO (30 TOWER ROAD) LTD Dissolved
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FORTITUDO (BOURNEMOUTH ARCADE) LIMITED Active - Proposal to Strike off
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FORTITUDO (BRISTOL ROAD) LTD Active - Proposal to Strike off
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FORTITUDO (BRUNEL HOUSE) LIMITED Active - Proposal to Strike off
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FORTITUDO (DOGDEAN) LIMITED Active - Proposal to Strike off
Showing 12 of 21.
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Political donations 1
£3,500 in registered political donations since 2021.
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Conservative and Unionist Party
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FORTITUDO PROPERTY LIMITED | 2022-04-25 |
| JACOB CARR HOMES LIMITED | 2019-01-30 |
| JR CARR INVESTMENTS LIMITED | 2014-09-30 |
| RAVINE (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED | 2005-10-21 |
| CRANBROOK HOMES (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED | 2004-05-12 |
Previous registered addresses 12
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE HAVEN BUSINESS CENTRE 2 THE STUDLAND SUITE, 161 BANKS ROAD, POOLE, DORSET, BH13 7QL | 2017-07-07 |
| 13 RAVINE ROAD, POOLE, DORSET, BH13 7HS | 2014-10-14 |
| THE OLD HAYLOFT 13B RAVINE ROAD, CANFORD CLIFFS, POOLE, DORSET, BH13 7HS | 2013-08-12 |
| 13A RAVINE ROAD, POOLE, DORSET, BH13 7HS, UNITED KINGDOM | 2009-11-01 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 26/08/2008 FROM, 11 RAVINE ROAD, CANFORD CLIFFS, POOLE, DORSET, BH13 7HS | 2008-08-26 |
| 11 RAVINE ROAD, CANFORD CLIFFS, POOLE, DORSET, BH13 7HS | 2008-08-26 |
| 133 BARRACK ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, DORSET, BH23 2AW | 2007-08-16 |
| 133 BARRACK ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, DORSET BH23 2AW | 2006-04-18 |
| SUITE 1, 99 HOLDENHURST ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET BH8 8DY | 2006-01-31 |
| 99 HOLDENHURST ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET BH8 8DY | 2004-12-08 |
| 1 FAIRWAY ROAD, LILLIPUT, POOLE, DORSET BH14 8QB | 2004-02-05 |
| 8 CHURCH STREET, WIMBORNE, DORSET BH21 1PN | 2003-04-30 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 2,653 similar companies in BH, trading since 2003
Competitors Bournemouth
This company ranks 687 among other letting and operating of own or leased real estate in Bournemouth.
The class of 2003
71%
of the 4,200 companies in this sector incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 27% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.