T.J. BOOTH & SONS LIMITED

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NI014628 · ltd · incorporated 1980-12-05
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 34.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£28.44M
year to May 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10910
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 64921Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 34.1y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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, 2 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
121 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.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £2,057,524
Turnover YoY
-1%
Year on year

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Turnover£28.44M£28.60M
Gross profit£2.72M£2.38M
Operating profit£1.69M£1.79M
Profit before tax£2.06M£1.94M
Average employees19001700

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-01
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2022-09-10
    ➖
    BOOTH, Joan resigned
    secretary
  7. 2022-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-28
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-20
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-09
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-13
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-03
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  14. 2016-03-01
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    BOOTH, Jillian appointed
    director
  15. 2016-02-22
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-09-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-09-25
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2014-12-15
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    BOOTH, Arnold James resigned
    director
  19. 2006-08-23
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    BOOTH, David Robert Ernest appointed
    director
  20. 2006-06-01
    ➕
    BOOTH, Graham Arnold James appointed
    director
  21. 1992-04-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ulster Bank LTD
  22. 1980-12-05
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    Company incorporated
    As T.J. BOOTH & SONS LIMITED
  23. 1980-12-05
    ➕
    BOOTH, Joan appointed
    director
  24. 1980-12-05
    ➕
    BOOTH, Joan appointed
    secretary
  25. 1980-12-05
    ➕
    BOOTH, Arnold James appointed
    director

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BOOTH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 45 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 45 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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
Mr Graham Booth
Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 01/1977 · age 49
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016
Mrs Jillian Booth
Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 08/1976 · age 50
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016

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
Incorporated1980-12-05
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC10910 — SIC 10910

Registered office

Cullembrone
Lisdoart
Ballygawley
Co Tyrone
BT70 2LZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BOOTH, David Robert Ernest→
director · ~45y · appointed 2006-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOOTH, Graham Arnold James→
director · ~49y · appointed 2006-06-01
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Active
BOOTH, Jillian→
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-03-01
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Active
BOOTH, Joan→
director · ~80y · appointed 1980-12-05
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Active
BOOTH, Joan→
secretary · appointed 1980-12-05 · resigned 2022-09-10
Resigned
BOOTH, Arnold James→
director · ~81y · appointed 1980-12-05 · resigned 2014-12-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank LTD
Mortgage or charge1 property09/04/1992—
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Recent filings (121 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-13