BOLTON SCHOOL

🌳Matureactive

05458883 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-05-20

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 17.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Primary education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85310General secondary education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.3y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 17.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (51/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

54 officers (14 active, 54 linked, 50 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

166 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (116 events)Click to expand

2026-04-26
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accounts · AA
2026-02-03
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officers · RP01AP01
2025-06-30
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officers · TM01
2025-06-27
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PALMER, Andrew Russell resigned
director
2025-04-14
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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officers · TM01
2024-12-13
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OGILVIE, Robert Seton resigned
director
2024-09-02
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officers · AP01
2024-09-01
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QUAYLE, Chris appointed
director
2024-07-05
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FAIRWEATHER, Eric John resigned
director
2024-07-05
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WOODS, Janet Elizabeth resigned
director
2024-07-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-05
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officers · TM01
2024-05-07
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accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-19
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incorporation · MA
2023-07-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-15
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-05-02
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accounts · AA
2022-07-21
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officers · AP01
2022-07-20
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BANERJEE, Suvadip appointed
director
2022-06-08
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accounts · AA
2022-04-26
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officers · AP01
2022-04-25
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GIBSON, Victoria, Dr appointed
director
2022-03-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-25
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COWLING, Charles Anthony resigned
director
2022-02-21
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officers · AP01
2022-02-14
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WOODS, Janet Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-01-28
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RELPH, Louise resigned
director
2022-01-28
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officers · TM01
2021-12-03
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CRAVEN, William John appointed
director
2021-12-03
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FISHER, Sheila Eunice, Dr resigned
director
2021-10-01
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CHADWICK, James Kenneth appointed
director
2021-10-01
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CLINTON, Katherine Helen appointed
director
2021-10-01
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MCGUFFIE, Stewart Robert appointed
director
2021-09-07
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HUANG, Sally-Anne resigned
director
2021-03-26
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HUNDLE, Manjeet Kaur resigned
director
2021-03-25
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CRITCHLOW, Helen Claire resigned
director
2020-12-04
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MOHYUDDIN, David Niaz resigned
director
2019-11-29
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BAILEY, Sylvia Joy appointed
director
2019-11-29
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TAYLOR, Timothy Paul appointed
director
2019-11-29
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GRIFFITHS, Michael Thomas resigned
director
2018-12-07
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GOULD, John Roger Beresford resigned
director
2018-12-07
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OLDERSHAW, Anthony Daykin resigned
director
2018-12-07
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TOPHAM, Caroline Elizabeth resigned
director
2018-10-05
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HUANG, Sally-Anne appointed
director
2017-06-30
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BUCKLEY, Catherine Margaret resigned
director
2016-12-31
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HOLMES, George Edward Thomas, Dr resigned
director
2016-10-07
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APSION, George Robert Neville appointed
director
2016-03-18
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OGILVIE, Robert Seton appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-13 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2005-05-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

Bolton School

Chorley New Road

Bolton

Greater Manchester

BL1 4PA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-11

Last: 2026-06-27