ALAN BOSWELL & COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04379208 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-21

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 9.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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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: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Sector: Financial & insurance

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

65110Life insurance
65120Non-life insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.2y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 9.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

15 officers (5 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

98 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2025-10-13
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accounts · AA
2024-11-07
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mortgage · MR01
2024-11-06
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officers · TM01
2024-11-06
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officers · TM01
2024-10-28
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ANDERSON BROWN, Gillian Suzanne resigned
director
2024-10-28
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GIBBS, Christopher John resigned
director
2024-10-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Alan Charles Boswell
2024-10-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-07
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-07
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
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mortgage · MR04
2024-08-28
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Charge satisfied #2
2023-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-02
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WHITEHEAD, John resigned
director
2022-07-08
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officers · CH01
2022-07-07
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officers · AP01
2022-07-07
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officers · AP01
2022-05-12
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KEY, Sally Marie appointed
director
2022-05-12
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ROBINSON, Antony Warren appointed
director
2021-11-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-01-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2017-11-16
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-03-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2016-10-31
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DREW, Edward Nicholas resigned
secretary
2016-10-31
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DREW, Edward Nicholas resigned
director
2015-09-24
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DREW, Alastair Fitzroy appointed
director
2015-09-24
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ANDERSON BROWN, Gillian Suzanne appointed
director
2008-03-31
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PAYTER, Ian Leslie resigned
director
2006-03-31
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STEWARD, Gary Neil resigned
director
2005-12-20
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GIBBS, Christopher John appointed
director
2005-12-16
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PULLIN, John Norman appointed
director
2005-12-16
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PAYTER, Ian Leslie appointed
director
2002-10-29
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WORDEN, Robin Kenneth resigned
director
2002-07-04
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WHITEHEAD, John appointed
director
2002-03-20
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STEWARD, Gary Neil appointed
director
2002-03-20
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WORDEN, Robin Kenneth appointed
director
2002-02-21
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Company incorporated
As ALAN BOSWELL & COMPANY LIMITED
2002-02-21
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BOSWELL, Alan Charles appointed
director
2002-02-21
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DREW, Edward Nicholas appointed
secretary
2002-02-21
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-02-21
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-02-21
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DREW, Edward Nicholas appointed
director
2002-02-21
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-02-21
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

80/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BOSWELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Group structure

Alan Boswell Financial Planners Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Alan Boswell Financial Planners Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ALAN BOSWELL & COMPANY LIMITED

This company · 04379208

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alan Boswell Financial Planners Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	27/09/2024

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Alan Boswell Assets Ltdceased 27/09/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Alan Boswell Holdings Limitedceased 26/09/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Alan Boswell Group Limitedceased 26/09/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

Incorporated2002-02-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Prospect House

Rouen Road

Norwich

NR1 1RE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-07

Last: 2026-02-21