BOULTBEE DEVELOPMENTS (NO.1) LIMITED
📈Growthactive
07889319 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-21
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£180.8k
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other credit granting n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: conservative operator with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (88/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.7y
95/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
56 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.
See pricing →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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £114,037
Turnover YoY
-2%
Year on year
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £180.8k | £184.8k |
| Operating profit | £124.6k | £-16.9k |
| Profit before tax | £114.0k | £51.6k |
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-27📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2023-06-27📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2023-06-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-12-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-11-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Ubs Ag, London Branch
- 2019-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-06➕THOMPSON, Lee appointedsecretary
- 2016-05-06➖PINNELL, Adam Kent resignedsecretary
- 2013-09-16➖BOULTBEE BROOKS, Clive Ensor resignedsecretary
- 2013-09-16➕PINNELL, Adam Kent appointedsecretary
- 2011-12-21🏢Company incorporatedAs BOULTBEE DEVELOPMENTS (NO.1) LIMITED
- 2011-12-21➕BOULTBEE BROOKS, Clive Ensor appointeddirector
- 2011-12-21➕ROBERTS, Lee appointeddirector
- 2011-12-21➕BOULTBEE BROOKS, Clive Ensor appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
66/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
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.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- 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.)
Group structure
Boultbee Developments Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Boultbee Developments Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BOULTBEE DEVELOPMENTS (NO.1) LIMITED
This company · 07889319
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Boultbee Developments Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/07/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Clive Ensor Boultbee Brooksceased 30/07/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64929 — Other credit granting n.e.c.
Registered office
Shell Store Canary Drive
Rotherwas
Hereford
HR2 6SR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
BOULTBEE BROOKS, Clive Ensor→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2011-12-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROBERTS, Lee→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2011-12-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOULTBEE BROOKS, Clive Ensor→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-12-21 · resigned 2013-09-16
PINNELL, Adam Kent→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2013-09-16 · resigned 2016-05-06
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Ubs Ag, London Branch | A registered charge | — | 24/11/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-10
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2023-06-27
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2023-06-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-12-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-09