BLUE DOOR LOGISTICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03813177 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-23
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 26.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.1y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
70 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees434900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-19
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-12-19
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    Charge satisfied #2
  4. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2021-01-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2021-01-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2020-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-07-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2017-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-07-01
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    RUDGE, Jacqueline Ann appointed
    director
  19. 2009-08-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2009-07-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  21. 2000-06-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  22. 2000-05-15
    ➕
    RUDGE, Jacqueline Ann appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-05-15
    ➖
    MCNAB, Patrick William resigned
    secretary
  24. 1999-07-31
    ➕
    RUDGE, Paul appointed
    director
  25. 1999-07-31
    ➕
    MCNAB, Patrick William appointed
    secretary
  26. 1999-07-31
    ➖
    OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1999-07-31
    ➖
    OAKLEY CORPORATE DOCTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  28. 1999-07-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUE DOOR LOGISTICS LIMITED
  29. 1999-07-23
    ➕
    OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1999-07-23
    ➕
    OAKLEY CORPORATE DOCTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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.)

Group structure

Blue Door Transport Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Blue Door Transport Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BLUE DOOR LOGISTICS LIMITED
This company · 03813177

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Blue Door Transport Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/12/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Paul Rudgeceased 20/12/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Jacqueline Ann Rudgeceased 20/12/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-07-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

30 Hanbury Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 8PW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

RUDGE, Jacqueline Ann→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUDGE, Jacqueline Ann→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUDGE, Paul→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCNAB, Patrick William→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-31 · resigned 2000-05-15
Resigned
OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-07-23 · resigned 1999-07-31
Resigned
OAKLEY CORPORATE DOCTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1999-07-23 · resigned 1999-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
All assets debenture1 property02/07/200919/12/2025
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property01/06/200010/08/2009

Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-01-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-18