BLUELINE EXPRESS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02270185 · ltd · incorporated 1988-06-22
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 31.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£61.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 31.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 31.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
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
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £61,674
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,795 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£62k
↓ 4.3% YoY
Current Assets
£78k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £61.7k | £64.5k |
| Current assets | £78.0k | £90.8k |
| Net assets | £61.7k | £64.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-06📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-03-28➕ABBOTT, Amy Constance appointeddirector
- 2017-03-28➕NICHOLSON, Emma Jane appointeddirector
- 2017-03-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-03-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2016-03-30➕NICHOLSON, Richard appointeddirector
- 2016-03-30➖ABBOTT, Clifford George resignedsecretary
- 2016-03-30➖ABBOTT, Clifford George resigneddirector
- 2015-05-20➖ABBOTT, Heather Muriel resigneddirector
- 2007-06-01➕ABBOTT, Heather Muriel appointeddirector
- 2007-03-15➖ABBOTT, David Charles resigneddirector
- 1995-06-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1988-06-22🏢Company incorporatedAs BLUELINE EXPRESS LIMITED
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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 Emma Jane Nicholson Individual · British · DOB 10/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Miss Amy Constance Abbott Individual · British · DOB 11/1983 · age 43 | 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.
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6 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
Incorporated1988-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390
Registered office
Abbotts Yard Roman Road
Leeming
Northallerton
DL7 9SN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
ABBOTT, Amy Constance→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2017-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NICHOLSON, Emma Jane→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2017-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NICHOLSON, Richard→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2016-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ABBOTT, Clifford George→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2016-03-30
ABBOTT, Clifford George→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · resigned 2016-03-30
ABBOTT, David Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · resigned 2007-03-15
ABBOTT, Heather Muriel→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · appointed 2007-06-01 · resigned 2015-05-20
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 13/06/1995 | — |
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Recent filings (103 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-09