BOLLINBROOK LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
10218575 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-07
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 9.7y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 |
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| Average employees | 2 |
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
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-05-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-21🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Charles Street Commercial Investments Limited
- 2025-05-21🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Charles Street Commercial Investments Limited
- 2025-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-09-30🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Manchester Building Society
- 2022-04-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-19➕MORGAN, Neville appointeddirector
- 2022-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-09-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2016-10-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2016-06-07🏢Company incorporatedAs BOLLINBROOK LIMITED
- 2016-06-07➕BADDELEY, Andrea Louise appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 low5 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Ms Andrea Louise Baddeley Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 07/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85200 — Primary education
Registered office
Bollinbrook House
Beech Lane
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 2XZ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-20
Last: 2026-06-06
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BADDELEY, Andrea Louise→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2016-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MORGAN, Neville→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2022-04-19
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Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Charles Street Commercial Investments Charles Street Commercial Investments Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 21/05/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Charles Street Commercial Investments Charles Street Commercial Investments Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/05/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Manchester Building Society | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/09/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/11/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/10/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (34 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25