BOULD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06670864 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-12
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£64.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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 (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 £64,052
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,732 YoY
Cash YoY
+8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£63k
↑ 8.4% YoY
Net Worth
£64k
↓ 2.6% YoY
Current Assets
£66k
↑ 8.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£13k£26k£40k£53k£66kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£64.1k£65.8k
Current assets£65.9k£60.7k
Cash£63.5k£58.5k
Debtors£2.4k£2.2k
Net assets£64.1k£65.8k

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

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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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-15
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-31
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  6. 2022-03-02
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  7. 2021-02-05
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  8. 2020-05-18
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-24
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-21
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2017-08-21
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  13. 2017-08-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2017-08-15
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    DUNN, Charles William Lewis resigned
    director
  15. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-28
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  17. 2012-02-01
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    DUNN, James Henry Lewis appointed
    director
  18. 2012-02-01
    ➕
    DUNN, Charles William Lewis appointed
    director
  19. 2008-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As BOULD LIMITED
  20. 2008-08-12
    ➕
    DUNN, Graham William appointed
    director
  21. 2008-08-12
    ➕
    DUNN, Victoria Sarah Anne appointed
    director
  22. 2008-08-12
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-08-12
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-08-12
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2008-08-12
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mrs Victoria Sarah Anne Dunn
Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/08/2025
Mr Graham William Dunn
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
——sig. influencesignificant influence31/07/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Henry Lewis Dunnceased 31/07/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2008-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46110 — Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods

Registered office

Cobweb Cottage Bould
Near Idbury
Chipping Norton
Oxfordshire
OX7 6RT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DUNN, Graham William→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-08-12
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Active
DUNN, James Henry Lewis→
director · ~39y · appointed 2012-02-01
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Active
DUNN, Victoria Sarah Anne→
director · ~74y · appointed 2008-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-08-12 · resigned 2008-08-12
Resigned
DUNN, Charles William Lewis→
director · ~42y · appointed 2012-02-01 · resigned 2017-08-15
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-08-12 · resigned 2008-08-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-17