BLUE LINE (HEREFORD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03019871 · ltd · incorporated 1995-02-09
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 12.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.93M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 12.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.0 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
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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
76 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,926,616
Cash YoY
+39%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.8m
↑ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£1.9m
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£2.3m
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£460k£921k£1.4m£1.8m£2.3mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£1.93M£1.54M
Current assets£2.30M£1.92M
Cash£1.82M£1.31M
Debtors£478.6k£606.8k
Net assets£1.93M£1.52M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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  2. 2024-11-29
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  3. 2024-07-16
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  4. 2024-07-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2023-11-28
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  6. 2022-11-27
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  7. 2021-11-23
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  8. 2021-02-25
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  9. 2019-11-13
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  10. 2018-11-28
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  11. 2017-11-20
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  12. 2016-11-29
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  13. 2016-02-13
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  14. 2016-02-13
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2016-01-22
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    WENT, Harry resigned
    director
  16. 2015-11-25
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  17. 2015-05-07
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  18. 2014-05-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2006-10-12
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    BUCKLEY, Phillip John appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-10-12
    ➕
    BUCKLEY, Phillip John appointed
    director
  21. 2006-10-12
    ➖
    BROWN, John Allen resigned
    secretary
  22. 2006-10-12
    ➖
    BROWN, John Allen resigned
    director
  23. 2006-10-12
    ➕
    WENT, Harry appointed
    director
  24. 1998-02-09
    ➕
    DALLOW, Jonathan appointed
    director
  25. 1997-02-11
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    BLOXHAM, Mark Ryan resigned
    secretary
  26. 1997-02-11
    ➕
    BROWN, John Allen appointed
    secretary
  27. 1997-02-11
    ➕
    BROWN, John Allen appointed
    director
  28. 1997-02-11
    ➖
    BUCKLEY, Phillip John resigned
    director
  29. 1995-02-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUE LINE (HEREFORD) LIMITED
  30. 1995-02-09
    ➕
    BLOXHAM, Mark Ryan appointed
    secretary
  31. 1995-02-09
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1995-02-09
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1995-02-09
    ➕
    BUCKLEY, Phillip John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip John Buckley
Individual · English · DOB 12/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Jonathan Lee Dallow
Individual · English · DOB 10/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-02-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

No 1 Bridge Businesss Centre
Burcott Road
Hereford
Hereford
HR4 9LW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BUCKLEY, Phillip John→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCKLEY, Phillip John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-10-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALLOW, Jonathan→
director · ~51y · appointed 1998-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLOXHAM, Mark Ryan→
secretary · appointed 1995-02-09 · resigned 1997-02-11
Resigned
BROWN, John Allen→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-11 · resigned 2006-10-12
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-02-09 · resigned 1995-02-09
Resigned
BROWN, John Allen→
director · ~91y · appointed 1997-02-11 · resigned 2006-10-12
Resigned
BUCKLEY, Phillip John→
director · ~68y · appointed 1995-02-09 · resigned 1997-02-11
Resigned
WENT, Harry→
director · ~88y · appointed 2006-10-12 · resigned 2016-01-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge—28/05/201416/07/2024

Recent filings (76 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
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accounts · AA
2024-11-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
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mortgage · MR04
2024-07-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-13