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MIDLAND BLUEBIRD LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC016923 · ltd · incorporated 1932-08-03
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window steady · high confidence
Mixed signals — 5 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Hygiene score: 85 → 80
  • · Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → no_debt
  • · Legal friction: moderate → low
  • · Live charges: 5 → 0
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 2 improved, 2 worsened.

  • Hygiene score: 8580
  • Live charges: 50
  • PSC count: 10
  • ·Refinance opportunity: clean_up_firstno_debt
  • Legal friction: moderatelow
Last 90 days

Mixed signals in the last 90 days — 2 improved, 2 worsened.

  • Hygiene score: 8580
  • Live charges: 50
  • PSC count: 10
  • ·Refinance opportunity: clean_up_firstno_debt
  • Legal friction: moderatelow
Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£25.59M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49319
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

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.

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
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
No officers data
0
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
No filing history
0
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
70
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,824,997
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 18% YoY
Turned profitable
Returned to profit this year
Turnover YoY
+18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-292023-12-31
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 employees2880030300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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Corporate timeline (1 events)Click to expand
  1. 1932-08-03
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    Company incorporated
    As MIDLAND BLUEBIRD LIMITED

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +No director turnover: Company is 94 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1932-08-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49319 — SIC 49319

Registered office

Carmuirs House
300 Stirling Road
Larbert
Stirlingshire
FK5 3NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24