BOLTON AREA DIVERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05067221 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£56.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £56,081
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£27k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£56k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£65k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£13k£26k£39k£52k£65kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£56.1k£50.2k
Current assets£64.7k£63.8k
Cash£26.9k£26.8k
Debtors£1.6k£2.1k
Net assets£56.1k£50.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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  2. 2025-11-12
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-12
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  4. 2024-12-16
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  5. 2023-12-18
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  6. 2022-12-19
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  7. 2021-12-20
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  8. 2021-01-04
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  9. 2019-12-16
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  10. 2018-12-20
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  11. 2017-12-28
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  12. 2017-12-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2017-12-18
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-12-18
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-12-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2013-11-28
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    WILLIAMS, Trevor resigned
    director
  17. 2012-12-01
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    WILLIAMS, Trevor appointed
    director
  18. 2012-11-07
    ➖
    HULME, Jeffrey Sharples resigned
    secretary
  19. 2012-11-07
    ➖
    SANDERS, Carlton Brian resigned
    director
  20. 2012-06-28
    ➕
    MCMINN, Shereen appointed
    director
  21. 2012-05-30
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    HULME, Jeffrey Sharples resigned
    director
  22. 2004-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BOLTON AREA DIVERS LIMITED
  23. 2004-03-09
    ➕
    MCMINN, Matthew appointed
    director
  24. 2004-03-09
    ➕
    HULME, Jeffrey Sharples appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-03-09
    ➕
    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2004-03-09
    ➖
    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2004-03-09
    ➕
    HULME, Jeffrey Sharples appointed
    director
  28. 2004-03-09
    ➕
    SANDERS, Carlton Brian appointed
    director
  29. 2004-03-09
    ➕
    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2004-03-09
    ➖
    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Mr Matthew Mcminn
Individual · British · DOB 07/1973 · age 53
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Shereen Mcminn
Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48
——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
Incorporated2004-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 10a Brownlow Business Park
Tennyson Street
Bolton
BL1 3DX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-25
Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

MCMINN, Matthew→
director · ~53y · appointed 2004-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCMINN, Shereen→
director · ~48y · appointed 2012-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HULME, Jeffrey Sharples→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-09 · resigned 2012-11-07
Resigned
ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-03-09 · resigned 2004-03-09
Resigned
HULME, Jeffrey Sharples→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-03-09 · resigned 2012-05-30
Resigned
SANDERS, Carlton Brian→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-03-09 · resigned 2012-11-07
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Trevor→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-12-01 · resigned 2013-11-28
Resigned
ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-03-09 · resigned 2004-03-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (89 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-21