BLUE SCHOOL OF MOTORING LIMITED

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05098846 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Driving school activities
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees100100

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-08-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-08-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-08-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-08-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-08-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-08-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2021-06-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2021-06-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2021-06-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-06-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2021-06-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2020-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2008-05-01
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    BURKE, Judith appointed
    director
  22. 2008-05-01
    ➖
    BURKE, Judith resigned
    secretary
  23. 2008-05-01
    ➖
    BURKE, Damien resigned
    director
  24. 2004-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUE SCHOOL OF MOTORING LIMITED
  25. 2004-04-08
    ➕
    BURKE, Judith appointed
    secretary
  26. 2004-04-08
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-04-08
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2004-04-08
    ➕
    BURKE, Damien appointed
    director
  29. 2004-04-08
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2004-04-08
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

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
Damien Burke
Individual · Australian · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Judith Burke
Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities

Registered office

5 Hughes Court High Street
Rode
Frome
BA11 6NX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

BURKE, Judith→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-05-01
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Active
BURKE, Judith→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-08 · resigned 2008-05-01
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-08 · resigned 2004-04-08
Resigned
BURKE, Damien→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-04-08 · resigned 2008-05-01
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-08 · resigned 2004-04-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-23