BOOTIFULL BOOT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05124078 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-10
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 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£227.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.1y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £227,218
Cash YoY
+58%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£204k
↑ 58% YoY
Net Worth
£227k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£815k
↑ 43% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£163k£326k£489k£652k£815kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£511.6k£342.9k
Current assets£815.4k£571.8k
Cash£203.7k£129.1k
Debtors£581.2k£417.1k
Net assets£227.2k£201.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-07-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-03
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-31
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2023-08-29
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  9. 2023-08-01
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2023-08-01
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2023-08-01
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    Charge satisfied #2
  12. 2023-08-01
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-11-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2021-11-08
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    Charge satisfied #3
  17. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-02-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2020-02-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2020-02-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2020-02-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2017-11-28
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2015-04-01
    ➕
    HUGHES, Sean William appointed
    director
  25. 2015-04-01
    ➕
    HUGHES, William Joseph John appointed
    director
  26. 2012-04-06
    ➖
    HUGHES, Timothy resigned
    director
  27. 2010-12-10
    ➕
    HUGHES, Timothy appointed
    director
  28. 2010-10-22
    ➖
    HUGHES, William Joseph John resigned
    director
  29. 2009-06-04
    ➕
    HUGHES, William Joseph John appointed
    director
  30. 2009-03-30
    ➖
    HUGHES, Sean William resigned
    secretary
  31. 2009-03-30
    ➖
    HUGHES, Sean William resigned
    director
  32. 2009-03-30
    ➖
    HUGHES, William Joseph John resigned
    director
  33. 2009-03-29
    ➕
    HUGHES, Christine Anne Bernadette appointed
    director
  34. 2006-05-09
    ➕
    HUGHES, Sean William appointed
    secretary
  35. 2006-05-09
    ➖
    PARLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  36. 2005-06-01
    ➕
    HUGHES, Sean William appointed
    director
  37. 2005-06-01
    ➖
    VAN DEN HEEVER, Christopher resigned
    director
  38. 2005-06-01
    ➖
    VAN DEN HEEVER, Johanna Dorothea Cornelia resigned
    director
  39. 2004-09-10
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  40. 2004-06-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  41. 2004-05-13
    ➖
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 2004-05-13
    ➖
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  43. 2004-05-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BOOTIFULL BOOT LIMITED
  44. 2004-05-10
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  45. 2004-05-10
    ➕
    PARLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  46. 2004-05-10
    ➕
    HUGHES, William Joseph John appointed
    director
  47. 2004-05-10
    ➕
    VAN DEN HEEVER, Christopher appointed
    director
  48. 2004-05-10
    ➕
    VAN DEN HEEVER, Johanna Dorothea Cornelia appointed
    director
  49. 2004-05-10
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sean William Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 09/1981 · age 45
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-05-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

4 Market Place
St Albans
Herts
AL3 5DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last: 2026-05-17

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

HUGHES, Christine Anne Bernadette→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES, Sean William→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES, William Joseph John→
director · ~75y · appointed 2015-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES, Sean William→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-09 · resigned 2009-03-30
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2004-05-13
Resigned
PARLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2006-05-09
Resigned
HUGHES, Sean William→
director · ~45y · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2009-03-30
Resigned
HUGHES, Timothy→
director · ~43y · appointed 2010-12-10 · resigned 2012-04-06
Resigned
HUGHES, William Joseph John→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-06-04 · resigned 2010-10-22
Resigned
HUGHES, William Joseph John→
director · ~75y · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2009-03-30
Resigned
VAN DEN HEEVER, Christopher→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2005-06-01
Resigned
VAN DEN HEEVER, Johanna Dorothea Cornelia→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2005-06-01
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2004-05-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—29/08/2023—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—28/11/201708/11/2021
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge of licensed premises1 property10/09/200401/08/2023
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property28/06/200401/08/2023
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Recent filings (86 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-08-31
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-08-01
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31