BLUEDROP SERVICES (NW) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07287668 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-17
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 5.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-life insurance
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
59 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
75
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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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| Average employees | 3000 | 3000 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-04-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-04-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-04-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-04-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-02-11➕MCKENNA, Mark Michael Anthony appointeddirector
- 2021-02-11➖MCKENNA, John Anthony resigneddirector
- 2021-02-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-02-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: John Anthony Mckenna
- 2020-10-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-10-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-01➕MCKENNA, John Anthony appointeddirector
- 2015-11-01➖MCKENNA, John Anthony resigneddirector
- 2015-10-14➖ROWLINSON RAINBOW SERVICES LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2011-11-21➕KELLEY, Douglas appointeddirector
- 2011-05-08➖RAINBOW, David resignedsecretary
- 2011-05-08➕ROWLINSON RAINBOW SERVICES LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-06-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BLUEDROP SERVICES (NW) LIMITED
- 2010-06-17➕RAINBOW, David appointedsecretary
- 2010-06-17➕MCKENNA, John Anthony appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)
Group structure
Bluedrop Services (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Bluedrop Services (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BLUEDROP SERVICES (NW) LIMITED
This company · 07287668
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Bluedrop Services (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 11/02/2021 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Douglas Kelleyceased 13/08/2017· 75-100% shares
- Mr Douglas Kelleyceased 13/08/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
- Mr John Anthony Mckennaceased 11/02/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Douglas Kelleyceased 11/02/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC65120 — Non-life insurance
Registered office
Unit 4 Flanders Road
Hedge End
Southampton
SO30 2LG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-07
Last: 2025-07-24
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
KELLEY, Douglas→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2011-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCKENNA, Mark Michael Anthony→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2021-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RAINBOW, David→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-06-17 · resigned 2011-05-08
ROWLINSON RAINBOW SERVICES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2011-05-08 · resigned 2015-10-14
MCKENNA, John Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-11-01 · resigned 2021-02-11
MCKENNA, John Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2010-06-17 · resigned 2015-11-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | John Anthony Mckenna | A registered charge | — | 11/02/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (59 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-04-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-04-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-04-23