BLUE BUS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC261919 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-14
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 10.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49319
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
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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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1900 | 1900 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-16📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-06-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-11➕LAW, Graeme George appointeddirector
- 2019-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-05📄accounts-amended-with-made-up-dateaccounts · AAMD
- 2018-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2014-12-15➖LAW, Deborah resigneddirector
- 2007-06-29➕LAW, Drew Thomas appointedsecretary
- 2007-06-29➕LAW, Drew Thomas appointeddirector
- 2007-06-29➖YOUNG, Gillian resignedsecretary
- 2004-01-26➕YOUNG, Gillian appointedsecretary
- 2004-01-26➖@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-01-26➕LAW, Deborah appointeddirector
- 2004-01-26➖@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2004-01-14🏢Company incorporatedAs BLUE BUS LIMITED
- 2004-01-14➕@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-01-14➕@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
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 Deborah Law Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2017 |
Mr Drew Thomas Law Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-01-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49319 — SIC 49319
Registered office
300 Mill Road
Allanton
Lanarkshire
ML7 5DG
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
LAW, Drew Thomas→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2007-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LAW, Graeme George→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2020-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YOUNG, Gillian→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-01-26 · resigned 2007-06-29
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-14 · resigned 2004-01-26
LAW, Deborah→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2004-01-26 · resigned 2014-12-15
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-14 · resigned 2004-01-26
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 29/06/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (69 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-11