Core Entity Brief
| Entity | Joshua Powell |
|---|---|
| Public role | Changes to AS211956's registration—such as a modified contact, altered routing policy, or new prefix—can directly affect the reachability and security of its sole IPv6 route, potentially disrupting any services that rely on it. His directorship resignations would shift business authority at the two firms. Until evidence emerges linking the companies to the ASN, the network and business risks remain compartmentalized and should be monitored independently. |
| Region | United Kingdom |
| Category | Individual registry-holder label |
| Primary domain | Infrastructure |
| Signal focus | Institution Type |
| Time horizon | Quarter (30-120d) |
| Impact | Medium |
| Confidence | 0.95 |
| Evidence coverage | 12 public source references |
| Related coverage | Profile anchor article |
| Website | Public evidence pending |
| Last update | Jun 02, 2026 |
Joshua Powell appears in external numbering or routing evidence for AS3170, AS16089, AS207841, AS211956; the public assessment is bounded by that source-backed context.
What It Does
- Visible operating role: He appears in two distinct public contexts: as the person responsible for the upkeep of AS211956's registry records and BGP routing policies, and as a director with legal authority over a construction and consultancy firm and a software publishing and IT services firm. The network footprint is small, with no observed customers or downstreams, and no public evidence ties the ASN to his companies.
- Revenue and customer gap: No supplied evidence establishes a revenue model, customer base, or contract position; those claims need official, financial, or service-source support before publication.
Operating Snapshot
- Identity baseline: Joshua Powell is the named administrative and technical contact for RIPE AS211956 (JOSH-ASN), as listed in RIPE NCC public registry records. He also holds active statutory directorships in two United Kingdom companies, INSPIRE GREEN LTD and FLUID IT SERVICES LIMITED, according to Companies House.
- Routing context: No active prefix sample is present in the current evidence set, so the public assessment is limited to ASN identity until routing evidence changes.
Control Surface
- Numbering records: Direct control includes the ability to modify AS211956's RIPE database entries—such as policy fields, maintainer objects, and contact handles—and to alter the BGP announcement behaviour of the assigned IPv6 prefix. As a director, he holds statutory authority to bind the companies, execute contracts, and file official documents. No public source indicates he operates network infrastructure for those companies or that the companies fund the ASN.
- Evidence changes: New announcements, withdrawals, or reassigned prefixes attached to AS3170, AS16089, AS207841, AS211956 can change how much operational significance readers should assign to Joshua Powell.
Watchpoints
- Record freshness: Stale, conflicting, or changed public records are the main uncertainty when translating source evidence into an operating profile.
- Footprint change: New ASN, prefix, official website, PeeringDB, or registry evidence would raise or lower Joshua Powell's infrastructure relevance.

