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| Type | Private limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Window blind design and licensing |
| Founded | August 26, 2022[1] |
| Founders | Lenny Reynolds Paul Cheetham |
| Headquarters | , England |
| Products | Window blinds |
| Website | blindscreen |
Blind Screen Limited is a British company based in Derby, England, that designs and licenses window blinds. Its principal product is a multi-function blind that combines honeycomb blackout and mesh fabrics with a sideways-opening insect screen in a single unit.[2] The product has been tested at the University of Salford's Energy House 2.0 research facility, where it was found to reduce heat loss through a window by 49% compared with double glazing alone.[3][2]
History
editBlind Screen Limited was incorporated in August 2022.[1] The company was founded by Lenny Reynolds, who had worked in the blinds industry for more than twenty years, and Paul Cheetham FCIM.[2]
The company has worked with the University of Derby, which provided business support and collaborated with it through an Accelerated Knowledge Transfer Partnership to co-design a product called ZEDDFIT, supported by £25,000 of funding secured through the Derby Innovation Accelerator.[4] According to the university, the company's research on the carbon-reduction impact of window coverings, with a focus on single-glazed UK housing, was presented at an event at the House of Commons.[4]
In 2025, Blind Screen was announced as one of the first business tenants of the University of Derby's Cavendish Building, which opened in September of that year.[5] In March 2026, the company became a media partner of the 750 Motor Club, providing a driver media programme and trackside facilities at the club's events.[6]
Product
editThe Blind Screen is a window blind system that combines blackout and thermal honeycomb fabrics with a mesh screen intended to keep out insects, pollen and other airborne particles. Unlike conventional roller or vertical blinds, the unit opens sideways, and the company has described it as "the world's first 100% blackout sideways motion blind".[2] Blind Screen designs its products and licenses them for manufacture. The blinds are made in the United Kingdom and supplied on a made-to-measure basis through blind wholesalers and independent installers, including the fabric and hardware distributor Hallis Hudson.[2][7]
Research and testing
editThe product was tested at Energy House 2.0, a research facility at the University of Salford that houses full-size test homes inside an environmental chamber in which temperatures between −12 °C and 30 °C can be simulated.[7] The testing, carried out by the university's Energy House Labs as part of a programme funded through the Greater Manchester Innovation Accelerator, found that the blind reduced heat loss through the window by 49% compared with double glazing alone.[3][2] Following the initial tests, the company revised the fabric composition of the product, and subsequent testing recorded a 58% reduction in heat loss.[3]
References
edit- 1 2 "Blind Screen Limited (company number 14320321)". Companies House. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Blind Screen can reduce heat loss, says report". Elemental. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Blind Screen's innovation journey with Energy House Labs". Energy House Labs, University of Salford. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Blind Screen". University of Derby. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
- ↑ "Partnering with industry: first business tenants announced for new Cavendish Building". University of Derby. 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
- ↑ "Introducing 750MC's 2026 media partner: Blind Screen". 750 Motor Club. 18 March 2026. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Blind Screen – 49% heat loss reduction". Hallis Hudson. Retrieved 14 July 2026.