BOOOST TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04236843 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£3.03M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11070
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 8.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,033,264
Cash YoY
+11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.2m
↑ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£3.0m
↑ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£4.3m
↑ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£853k£1.7m£2.6m£3.4m£4.3mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£3.03M£2.25M
Current assets£4.27M£3.32M
Cash£2.18M£1.98M
Debtors£1.68M£833.2k
Net assets£3.03M£2.25M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-10
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-06-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-06-03
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  5. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2017-12-29
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2017-12-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  15. 2017-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2001-06-20
    ➕
    O'FLAHERTY, Patrick John appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-06-20
    ➕
    O'FLAHERTY, Patrick John appointed
    director
  19. 2001-06-20
    ➕
    O'NEILL, Karen Margaret appointed
    director
  20. 2001-06-20
    ➖
    LAWSON (LONDON) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-06-20
    ➖
    ACRE (CORPORATE DIRECTOR) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2001-06-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BOOOST TRADING LIMITED
  23. 2001-06-19
    ➕
    LAWSON (LONDON) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-06-19
    ➕
    ACRE (CORPORATE DIRECTOR) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Patrick John O'Flaherty
Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-06-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11070 — SIC 11070

Registered office

255 Putney Bridge Road
London
SW15 2PU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

O'FLAHERTY, Patrick John→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-20
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Active
O'FLAHERTY, Patrick John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-06-20
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Active
O'NEILL, Karen Margaret→
director · ~55y · appointed 2001-06-20
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Active
LAWSON (LONDON) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-19 · resigned 2001-06-20
Resigned
ACRE (CORPORATE DIRECTOR) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-19 · resigned 2001-06-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—08/12/2017—
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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-14
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-06-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-04
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08