BOOLE CROP SPECIALISTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10268196 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-07
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£177.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £177,597

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£178k
↑ 69% YoY
Current Assets
£151k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£36k£72k£109k£145k£181kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£267.0k£239.6k
Current assets£150.6k£181.0k
Debtors£130.6k£161.0k
Net assets£177.6k£105.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-24
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  3. 2023-06-29
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  4. 2022-06-29
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  5. 2021-03-15
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  6. 2019-12-18
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  7. 2019-03-18
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  8. 2018-04-04
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  9. 2018-03-26
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    accounts · AA01
  10. 2018-01-02
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    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2018-01-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  12. 2017-06-28
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    BOOLE, Robert George appointed
    director
  13. 2017-06-28
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    BOOLE, Robert George resigned
    director
  14. 2017-06-28
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-06-28
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-07-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BOOLE CROP SPECIALISTS LIMITED
  17. 2016-07-07
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    BOOLE, Anthony appointed
    director
  18. 2016-07-07
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    BOOLE, Pamela Susan appointed
    director
  19. 2016-07-07
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    BOOLE, Robert George appointed
    director
  20. 2016-07-07
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    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BOOLE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert George Boole
Individual · British · DOB 01/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/07/2016
Mrs Pamela Susan Boole
Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/07/2016
Mr Anthony Boole
Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/07/2016

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
Incorporated2016-07-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

3 Thickthorn Farm
Preston
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 4DY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-20
Last: 2025-07-06

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BOOLE, Anthony→
director · ~77y · appointed 2016-07-07
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Active
BOOLE, Pamela Susan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2016-07-07
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Active
BOOLE, Robert George→
director · ~42y · appointed 2017-06-28
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Active
BOOLE, Robert George→
director · ~42y · appointed 2016-07-07 · resigned 2017-06-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property02/01/2018—
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Recent filings (22 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
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accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
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accounts · AA
2024-06-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
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accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-07-09