MIDLAND BLUEBIRD LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-29

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-07 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-24

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£2M

+8.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£7M

+24% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

288

-5% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£2M

+643.6% first positive since 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Audit opinion: Qualified

Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

MIDLAND BLUEBIRD LIMITED 1992-09-24 → present
MIDLAND SCOTTISH OMNIBUSES LIMITED 1985-03-01 → 1992-09-24
W. ALEXANDER & SONS (MIDLAND) LIMITED 1932-08-03 → 1985-03-01

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Industrials median

MIDLAND BLUEBIRD LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29

Metric	2021-03-27	2022-03-26	2022-03-27	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-29
Turnover	—	£22,507,000	—	—	£21,709,245	£25,590,590
Operating profit	—	£2,051,548	—	—	-£335,752	£1,824,997
Profit before tax	—	£2,045,548	—	—	-£335,752	£1,824,997
Net profit	—	£1,603,548	—	—	-£367,386	£1,407,028
Cash	—	£4,184,157	—	—	£1,753,365	£1,902,000
Total assets less current liabilities	—	-£1,456,067	—	—	£6,235,245	£7,552,514
Net assets	—	-£2,500,452	—	—	£5,864,165	£7,271,193
Equity	-£11,258,000	-£2,500,452	-£2,500,452	£6,231,551	£5,864,165	£7,271,193
Average employees	—	365	—	—	303	288
Wages	—	£10,507,000	—	—	£10,576,647	£11,821,336

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2021-03-27	2022-03-26	2022-03-27	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-29
Operating margin	—	9.1%	—	—	-1.5%	7.1%
Net margin	—	7.1%	—	—	-1.7%	5.5%
Return on capital employed	—	-140.9%	—	—	-5.4%	24.2%
Interest cover	—	341.92x	—	—	—	—

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
Audit opinion: Qualified
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 60 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
DRUMMOND, Robert Lindsay	Secretary	2025-09-01	—	—
BALLANTYNE, Grant Norman	Director	2022-09-21	Mar 1965	British
DRUMMOND, Robert Lindsay	Director	2025-09-01	Jun 1969	British
NAPIER, Colin Rae	Director	2022-09-21	Oct 1973	British
ROBERTS, Ralph	Director	2022-09-21	Aug 1963	British

Show 60 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BALLANTYNE, Grant	Secretary	2022-09-21	2025-09-01
BARRIE, Sidney	Secretary	2009-12-16	2011-07-15
BLIZZARD, David John Mark	Secretary	2022-08-09	2022-09-21
GLIBOTA-VIGO, Silvana Nerina	Secretary	2019-11-15	2020-07-31
HAMPSON, Michael	Secretary	2016-07-22	2019-11-14
LEWIS, Paul Michael	Secretary	2011-07-15	2014-05-19
MATHIESON, Thomas	Secretary	1990-11-07	1998-07-31
PETTIE, Jasper William	Secretary	1989-05-01	1990-03-27
PETTIE, Jasper William	Secretary	—	1990-11-07
SHARKEY, John	Secretary	1998-09-07	2002-01-16
STEWART, David Black	Secretary	2002-01-16	2010-02-12
WADE, Jarlath Delphene	Secretary	2021-06-01	2022-08-09
WELCH, Robert John	Secretary	2014-05-19	2016-07-22
ALEXANDER, David Brian	Director	2014-04-21	2021-05-21
BARKER, Neil James	Director	2011-12-01	2014-04-21
BEGG, James Merrilees	Director	—	1992-05-02
BELFIELD, Kevin John	Director	2012-06-27	2014-08-18
BROWN, Colin	Director	2021-02-01	2022-09-21
CAMERON, Duncan Young	Director	2022-01-31	2022-09-21
CAMPBELL, Alan Keyes	Director	2022-09-23	2023-09-06
CAMPBELL, William Watson	Director	1995-04-28	1999-07-16
DESMOND, Jane	Director	2007-08-06	2008-04-16
DOUGLAS, Archibald	Director	—	1992-05-02
DUNCAN, Robert Alexander	Director	1990-09-13	2002-01-16
EDMOND, John Macfarlane	Director	—	1992-05-02
GORMAN, John Finnigan	Director	2011-04-18	2017-10-09
HOBSON, David James	Director	2012-01-23	2013-05-18
JARVIS, Andrew Simon	Director	2017-10-13	2022-09-21
JUFFS, Brian	Director	2005-04-01	2007-07-18
KERR, Fiona Mclaren	Director	2016-03-01	2016-09-12
KERR, Fiona Mclaren	Director	2011-04-18	2013-12-09
LOCKHEAD, Moir, Sir	Director	1990-09-13	1996-04-25
MACFARLAN, Graeme Kenneth	Director	2018-02-22	2022-09-21
MAIR, George Alexander	Director	2000-05-31	2003-01-05
MATHIESON, Thomas	Director	1990-11-07	1998-07-31
MCCORMICK, John Robert	Director	1997-04-01	1998-02-06
MCCRACKEN, William Ferrie	Director	1990-10-12	2000-08-31
MCGOWAN, John Paul	Director	2013-12-09	2017-10-09
MCQUADE, Peter	Director	1991-04-29	1997-04-01
MILLS, Gordon	Director	1990-09-13	1996-04-25
MONTGOMERY, Robert	Director	1998-09-22	2001-03-07
MURRAY, David	Director	2017-02-06	2022-07-03
O'TOOLE, Raymond	Director	1998-02-06	1998-09-22
PELLING, William Pollock Douglas	Director	1996-04-01	2000-05-31
PETTIE, Jasper William	Director	—	1990-11-07
PHILLIPS, David Craig	Director	2022-09-21	2023-04-14
PHILLIPS, David Craig	Director	2017-10-13	2022-01-31
SAVELLI, Mark Andre	Director	2010-08-23	2011-10-11
SAVELLI, Mark Andre	Director	2002-01-16	2002-12-31
SEMPLE, Alan George	Director	1994-03-28	1995-09-30
SHARKEY, John	Director	1998-09-07	2002-01-16
SMITH, Colin	Director	1990-09-13	1996-04-30
STEWART, David Black	Director	2002-01-16	2011-03-16
STEWART, Malcolm Somerville	Director	—	1992-05-02
THOMAS, Paul Anthony	Director	2008-03-17	2013-12-09
TIERNEY, Michael	Director	1997-03-31	1999-04-01
TORRANCE, Graeme Hopkins	Director	2002-07-08	2005-03-04
WEST, Gary	Director	2017-10-13	2022-09-21
WILLIAMSON, James Anthony	Director	2025-09-01	2026-03-23
WINDLE, David Alan	Director	1995-06-05	1997-02-28

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mcgill's Scotland East Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 245 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-03-31	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-10-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-09-02	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-09-02	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-09-02	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2025-09-02	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2025-03-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-08-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-04-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-04-22	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2023-09-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-07-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-05-08	AD02	address	Change sail address company with old address new address	PDF
2023-04-19	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-10-07	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current shortened	PDF
2022-09-27	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-09-23	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 7
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 2
Officers resigned: 2

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+17.9%

£21,709,245 £25,590,590

highest in 3 filed years
Cash

+8.5%

£1,753,365 £1,902,000
Net assets

+24%

£5,864,165 £7,271,193

highest in 3 filed years
Employees

-5%

303 288

lowest in 3 filed years
Operating profit

+643.6%

-£335,752 £1,824,997

first positive since 2023
Profit before tax

+643.6%

-£335,752 £1,824,997

first positive since 2023
Wages

+11.8%

£10,576,647 £11,821,336

highest in 3 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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