BLUE BUS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC261919 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-14
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 10.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49319
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees19001900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-16
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2021-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-02-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2020-06-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-06-11
    ➕
    LAW, Graeme George appointed
    director
  14. 2019-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-05
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    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  16. 2018-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-06-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  19. 2014-12-15
    ➖
    LAW, Deborah resigned
    director
  20. 2007-06-29
    ➕
    LAW, Drew Thomas appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-06-29
    ➕
    LAW, Drew Thomas appointed
    director
  22. 2007-06-29
    ➖
    YOUNG, Gillian resigned
    secretary
  23. 2004-01-26
    ➕
    YOUNG, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-01-26
    ➖
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-01-26
    ➕
    LAW, Deborah appointed
    director
  26. 2004-01-26
    ➖
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2004-01-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLUE BUS LIMITED
  28. 2004-01-14
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2004-01-14
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Deborah Law
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2017
Mr Drew Thomas Law
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-01-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49319 — SIC 49319

Registered office

300 Mill Road
Allanton
Lanarkshire
ML7 5DG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

LAW, Drew Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-29
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Active
LAW, Drew Thomas→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-06-29
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Active
LAW, Graeme George→
director · ~34y · appointed 2020-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-26 · resigned 2007-06-29
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-14 · resigned 2004-01-26
Resigned
LAW, Deborah→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-01-26 · resigned 2014-12-15
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-14 · resigned 2004-01-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge—29/06/2015—
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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-11