BLUE BIRD INVEST PLC
🌳Matureactive
07290277 · plc · incorporated 2010-06-21
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
38 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-07-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-30📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-19📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-06-21🏢Company incorporatedAs BLUE BIRD INVEST PLC
- 2010-06-21➕PSZCZOLA, Marc appointedsecretary
- 2010-06-21➕NAVEZ, Martine appointeddirector
- 2010-06-21➕PSZCZOLA, Marc Luc Noel appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Martine Navez Individual · Belgian · DOB 05/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| B. & S. FIRE PROTECTION LIMITED→ 03908562 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
| BACKER LIFE LIMITED→ 10549251 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| BARRY FREDERICK PUGH LTD→ 16706474 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BATH COURT (FOLKESTONE) LIMITED→ 00487836 · est 1950 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 75y | — | — |
| BAYLISS PROPERTIES (DEAL) LIMITED→ 07727107 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| BEDFORDSHIRE FORKLIFT TRAINING LIMITED→ 15518178 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BERDON ASSOCIATES LIMITED→ 07546847 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| BERKSHIRE FORKLIFT TRAINING LIMITED→ 14123650 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| BIZNESS INVESTMENTS PLC→ 07505544 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| BLENGATE LLP→ OC437553 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| BLUE BRIDGE PROPERTY SERVICES LLP→ OC425030 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| BODY OF FRUIT LTD→ 15460264 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeplc
Incorporated2010-06-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
1 Poulton Close
1st Floor
Dover
Kent
CT17 0HL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-28
Last: 2026-06-14
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
NAVEZ, Martine→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2010-06-21
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PSZCZOLA, Marc Luc Noel→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2010-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (38 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19