BOUCHERWOOD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI045886 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-21

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (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. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 22.1y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 22.1 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.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2025-11-21
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officers · TM01
2025-11-19
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accounts · AA
2025-11-10
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MORTON, Robin Osborne resigned
director
2025-09-17
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officers · TM02
2025-09-17
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officers · AP03
2025-09-17
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address · AD01
2025-09-17
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officers · AP01
2025-09-05
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HEGARTY, Patrick Gerard appointed
secretary
2025-09-05
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HEGARTY, Patrick Gerard appointed
director
2025-09-05
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MORTON, Robin Osborne resigned
secretary
2024-11-19
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accounts · AA
2024-08-23
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officers · CH01
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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accounts · AA
2021-12-02
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accounts · AA
2020-09-01
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accounts · AA
2020-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-08-14
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accounts · AA
2017-08-22
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accounts · AA
2014-06-20
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BONNEY, Michael George resigned
director
2011-06-07
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RAMSEY BSC,CENG,MICE,MCIWEM,FICE, Kevin Hugh resigned
director
2010-03-31
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MILLINTON, Gordon Stopford, Dr resigned
director
2009-07-01
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MILLINGTON, Kathryn Margaret appointed
director
2009-07-01
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BONNEY, Michael George appointed
director
2008-11-03
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HEGAN, Jonathan appointed
director
2008-11-03
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PORTER (MSC.C.ENG. MICE.MIHT.MCIWEN, David Eric resigned
director
2004-12-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2004-04-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2003-10-17
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MCCLURE, Fergus Shaun appointed
director
2003-10-07
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MORTON, Robin Osborne appointed
director
2003-10-07
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RAMSEY BSC,CENG,MICE,MCIWEM,FICE, Kevin Hugh appointed
director
2003-03-21
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Company incorporated
As BOUCHERWOOD LIMITED
2003-03-21
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MILLINGTON O.B.E F.I.C.E F.I.A.E, Gordon Stopford, Dr appointed
secretary
2003-03-21
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MILLINGTON O.B.E F.I.C.E F.I.A.E, Gordon Stopford, Dr resigned
secretary
2003-03-21
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MORTON, Robin Osborne appointed
secretary
2003-03-21
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MILLINTON, Gordon Stopford, Dr appointed
director
2003-03-21
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PORTER (MSC.C.ENG. MICE.MIHT.MCIWEN, David Eric appointed
director
2003-03-21
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CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2003-03-21
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CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MORTON, Robin Osborne resigned 2025-09-05; MORTON, Robin Osborne resigned 2025-11-10

Group structure

Amelwood Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Amelwood Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BOUCHERWOOD LIMITED

This company · NI045886

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
Amelwood Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-03-21

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

3 Croft Hill

Belfast

BT8 6GX

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-04

Last: 2026-03-21