BOLTER'S DOWRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10263297 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-05
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52230
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2025-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2021-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-23
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    CLAYTON, Susan Julia appointed
    secretary
  16. 2018-08-23
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  17. 2016-07-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BOLTER'S DOWRY LIMITED
  18. 2016-07-05
    ➕
    CLAYTON, Steven appointed
    director
  19. 2016-07-05
    ➕
    CLAYTON, Susan Julia appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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

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
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-07-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52230 — SIC 52230

Registered office

Underhill Farm
Putley
Ledbury
HR8 2QR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CLAYTON, Susan Julia→
secretary · appointed 2018-08-23
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CLAYTON, Steven→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-07-05
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CLAYTON, Susan Julia→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-07-05
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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-05-17