BOLTON COURT MANAGEMENT COMPANY (SILSDEN) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05294404 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-23
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£3
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3
~ YoY
Current Assets
£912
↓ 38% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£292£584£877£1k£1kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£609£1.3k
Current assets£912£1.5k
Net assets£3£3

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  2. 2026-03-24
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    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  3. 2025-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-27
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  5. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2022-07-25
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  7. 2021-09-03
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  8. 2020-08-24
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  9. 2019-08-27
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  10. 2018-09-24
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  11. 2017-08-31
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  12. 2016-08-23
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  13. 2015-09-21
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  14. 2015-08-14
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  15. 2014-08-11
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-07-31
    ➖
    HEATON, Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  17. 2007-01-04
    ➖
    ROWBOTTOM, Philip John resigned
    director
  18. 2006-09-12
    ➕
    CROFT, Karen Louise appointed
    director
  19. 2005-07-01
    ➕
    HEATON, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2005-07-01
    ➕
    HEATON, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-07-01
    ➖
    ARCHERS (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2005-07-01
    ➖
    ARCHERS (INCORPORATIONS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  23. 2005-06-10
    ➕
    ROWBOTTOM, Philip John appointed
    director
  24. 2004-11-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BOLTON COURT MANAGEMENT COMPANY (SILSDEN) LIMITED
  25. 2004-11-23
    ➕
    ARCHERS (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2004-11-23
    ➕
    ARCHERS (INCORPORATIONS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

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 81 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 21 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
Karen Louise Croft
Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Elizabeth Heaton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1945 · age 81
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-11-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Bracken Bank, Moorside Lane
Addingham
Ilkley
West Yorkshire
LS29 9JX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

CROFT, Karen Louise→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEATON, Elizabeth→
director · ~81y · appointed 2005-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEATON, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-01 · resigned 2011-07-31
Resigned
ARCHERS (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-11-23 · resigned 2005-07-01
Resigned
ROWBOTTOM, Philip John→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-06-10 · resigned 2007-01-04
Resigned
ARCHERS (INCORPORATIONS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-11-23 · resigned 2005-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-05-13
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-27