BOWSCAR INVESTMENTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

03843466 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-17

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 26.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.4y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 26.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

86 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	200	200

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

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3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-22
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-03-17
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-03-17
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change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2021-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
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move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2019-04-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2009-04-03
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2009-04-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2000-01-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1999-09-17
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Company incorporated
As BOWSCAR INVESTMENTS LTD
1999-09-17
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BOUSTEAD, William Neil appointed
secretary
1999-09-17
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BOUSTEAD, Patricia Ann appointed
director
1999-09-17
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BOUSTEAD, William Neil appointed
director
1999-09-17
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ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-09-17
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ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-09-17
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-09-17
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Neil Boustead Individual · British · DOB 08/1953 · age 73	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Patricia Anne Boustead Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1999-09-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Bowscar Farmhouse

Bowscar

Penrith

CA11 8RY

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-01

Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BOUSTEAD, William Neil→

secretary · appointed 1999-09-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BOUSTEAD, Patricia Ann→

director · ~62y · appointed 1999-09-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BOUSTEAD, William Neil→

director · ~73y · appointed 1999-09-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-17 · resigned 1999-09-17

Resigned

AR NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-17 · resigned 1999-09-17

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	Legal mortgage	1 property	03/04/2009	—
outstanding	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	Legal mortgage	1 property	03/04/2009	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	19/01/2000	—

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Recent filings (86 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-09-23

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-09-23

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-09-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-21

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-04-28

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2022-03-22

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2022-03-17