BOVALLY PHARMACY LTD

🌳Matureactive
NI069302 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-20
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
57 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.

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Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees0800

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
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-04-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-03-30
    ➖
    WILKINSON, Samuel John, Mr. resigned
    director
  4. 2026-03-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-30
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2021-03-30
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  12. 2021-03-30
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  13. 2021-03-30
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2021-03-30
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  15. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-08-20
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    legacy
    capital · SH20
  19. 2009-06-24
    ➕
    GORMLEY, Brendan Noel appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-06-24
    ➖
    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-05-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BOVALLY PHARMACY LTD
  22. 2008-05-20
    ➕
    GIBSON, David, Mr. appointed
    director
  23. 2008-05-20
    ➕
    GORMLEY, Brendan Noel appointed
    director
  24. 2008-05-20
    ➕
    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2008-05-20
    ➕
    WILKINSON, Samuel John, Mr. appointed
    director
  26. 2008-05-20
    ➕
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2008-05-20
    ➖
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Gibsons Healthcare Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Bopharm Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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BOVALLY PHARMACY LTD
This company · NI069302

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Gibsons Healthcare Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/01/2017
Bopharm Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/01/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ballyquin Investments Ltdceased 30/03/2026· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2008-05-20
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Registered office

8 Anderson Avenue
Limavady
BT49 0TF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GORMLEY, Brendan Noel→
secretary · appointed 2009-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, David, Mr.→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GORMLEY, Brendan Noel→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-05-20 · resigned 2009-06-24
Resigned
WILKINSON, Samuel John, Mr.→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-05-20 · resigned 2026-03-30
Resigned
CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-05-20 · resigned 2008-05-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30