BLUE POPPY VEHICLE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08380730 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-29
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£39.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial leasing
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £39,257

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£39k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£175k
↓ 5.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£37k£74k£111k£148k£185kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£62.8k£57.6k
Current assets£174.6k£185.2k
Net assets£39.3k£28.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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  2. 2024-10-11
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  3. 2024-10-10
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    BOYLETT, Robert Kenneth resigned
    director
  4. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2023-09-21
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  6. 2022-09-27
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  7. 2021-10-01
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  8. 2021-06-02
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  9. 2020-12-10
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  10. 2020-12-10
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  11. 2020-12-10
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  12. 2020-10-22
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  13. 2020-02-04
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  14. 2020-02-04
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  15. 2019-09-24
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  16. 2019-06-27
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  17. 2019-06-27
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  18. 2019-06-27
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  19. 2019-06-01
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    GREEN, Claire appointed
    director
  20. 2019-06-01
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    BOYLETT, Robert Kenneth appointed
    director
  21. 2016-08-02
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    WATTS-BARNES, Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2013-01-29
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUE POPPY VEHICLE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  23. 2013-01-29
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    STARR, Andrew Mark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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

Mayken Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Mayken Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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BLUE POPPY VEHICLE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
This company · 08380730

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mayken Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/11/2020
Mr Paul Watts-Barnes
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Rtb Property Ltdceased 16/11/2020· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Andrew Mark Starrceased 22/01/2019· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2013-01-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64910 — Financial leasing

Registered office

Unit 4 The Sanctuary
Eden Office Park 62 Macrae Road
Pill
Bristol
BS20 0DD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

GREEN, Claire→
director · ~52y · appointed 2019-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STARR, Andrew Mark→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATTS-BARNES, Paul→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYLETT, Robert Kenneth→
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-06-01 · resigned 2024-10-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
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accounts · AA
2025-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2021-06-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-12-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-12-10