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MIDLAND BLUEBIRD LIMITED
- · Hygiene score: 85 → 80
- · Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → no_debt
- · Legal friction: moderate → low
- · Live charges: 5 → 0
Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 2 improved, 2 worsened.
- ↓Hygiene score: 85 → 80
- ↑Live charges: 5 → 0
- ↓PSC count: 1 → 0
- ·Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → no_debt
- ↑Legal friction: moderate → low
Mixed signals in the last 90 days — 2 improved, 2 worsened.
- ↓Hygiene score: 85 → 80
- ↑Live charges: 5 → 0
- ↓PSC count: 1 → 0
- ·Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → no_debt
- ↑Legal friction: moderate → low
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (70/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (47/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-29 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25.59M | £21.71M |
| Gross profit | £4.75M | £2.91M |
| Operating profit | £1.82M | £-335.8k |
| Profit before tax | £1.82M | £-335.8k |
| Average employees | 28800 | 30300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
4 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 →Corporate timeline (1 events)Click to expand
- 1932-08-03🏢Company incorporatedAs MIDLAND BLUEBIRD LIMITED
Owner dependency
Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
- +No director turnover: Company is 94 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
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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.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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