BLUEBOX STORAGE (NORTH EAST) LTD
🌳Matureactive
09673726 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-07
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 8.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.7y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year 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 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
6
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 2 accounts
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-05-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-03-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-12-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-12-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2023-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-09-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-06-06📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-07-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-09-28📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-29➕WARD, Elijah appointeddirector
- 2021-01-29➖WARD, Robert resigneddirector
- 2017-10-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2015-07-07🏢Company incorporatedAs BLUEBOX STORAGE (NORTH EAST) LTD
- 2015-07-07➕WARD, Henry Hartley appointeddirector
- 2015-07-07➕WARD, Robert 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Elijah Ward Individual · British · DOB 04/2002 · age 24 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 29/01/2021 |
Mr Henry Hartley Ward Individual · British · DOB 05/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/07/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Robert Ward (Jnr Jnr)ceased 18/07/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Henry Hartley Wardceased 06/07/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-07-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103
Registered office
Dalton House Brunel Road
Skippers Lane Industrial Estate
Middlesbrough
TS6 6JA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-20
Last: 2026-07-06
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
WARD, Elijah→
Activedirector · ~24y · appointed 2021-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WARD, Henry Hartley→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2015-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WARD, Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~33y · appointed 2015-07-07 · resigned 2021-01-29
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 05/12/2023 | — | |
| satisfied | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | — | 31/10/2017 | 18/09/2023 |
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Recent filings (44 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-15