BOUTIQUE BRANDS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05522145 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-29
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 20.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 20.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
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
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 600 | 600 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-01-30➕TERSIGNI, Danilo appointeddirector
- 2023-12-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-12📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-01-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-11-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-05-12📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-04-30📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-02➖HAQUANI, Muhammad Intesaruddin resignedsecretary
- 2018-02-02➖HAQUANI, Muhammad Intesaruddin resigneddirector
- 2011-04-05🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2006-05-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited
- 2006-04-03➕HAQUANI, Muhammad Intesaruddin appointedsecretary
- 2006-04-03➖HERBERT, Jesse resignedsecretary
- 2005-10-15➕SCARAMUCCI, Olivier Bernard appointeddirector
- 2005-07-29🏢Company incorporatedAs BOUTIQUE BRANDS LIMITED
- 2005-07-29➕HERBERT, Jesse appointedsecretary
- 2005-07-29➕SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-07-29➖SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-07-29➕HAQUANI, Muhammad Intesaruddin appointeddirector
- 2005-07-29➕CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2005-07-29➖CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Olivier Bernard Scaramucci Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-07-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342
Registered office
C/O Hillier Hopkins Llp First Floor, Radius House
51 Clarendon Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 1HP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
SCARAMUCCI, Olivier Bernard→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2005-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TERSIGNI, Danilo→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2024-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HAQUANI, Muhammad Intesaruddin→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-04-03 · resigned 2018-02-02
HERBERT, Jesse→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-07-29 · resigned 2006-04-03
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-07-29 · resigned 2005-07-29
HAQUANI, Muhammad Intesaruddin→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2005-07-29 · resigned 2018-02-02
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-07-29 · resigned 2005-07-29
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 05/05/2006 | 05/04/2011 |
Recent filings (83 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-13