BEELINE TAXIS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10413022 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-06
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.
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year to Oct 2024
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 80). 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees20001900

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-07
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    MATTHEWS, Stephen George appointed
    director
  6. 2021-12-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2020-10-28
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    MATTHEWS, Stephen George resigned
    director
  10. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2017-10-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-10-23
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    MATTHEWS, Stephen George appointed
    director
  16. 2016-11-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2016-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As BEELINE TAXIS LTD
  18. 2016-10-06
    ➕
    LENNOX, Julie appointed
    secretary
  19. 2016-10-06
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    MATTHEWS, Richard Owen appointed
    director
  20. 2016-10-06
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Owen Matthews
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 03/1946 · age 80
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/10/2016

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
Incorporated2016-10-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

10 Robert Street
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA2 5AN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-11
Last: 2025-09-27

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

LENNOX, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2016-10-06
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Active
MATTHEWS, Richard Owen→
director · ~80y · appointed 2016-10-06
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Active
MATTHEWS, Stephen George→
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-12-07
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Active
MATTHEWS, Stephen George→
director · ~55y · appointed 2017-10-23 · resigned 2020-10-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-04