North West · Postcode district BL1

Who owns Bolton?Corporate & overseas land ownership in BL1

The companies and organisations that hold property in Bolton, from HM Land Registry’s corporate and overseas ownership records — with a direct line into the planning constraints for any address in the district.

Real HM Land Registry data

Real HM Land Registry data (CCOD + OCOD, July 2026) covering all 2,784 postcode districts of England and Wales. Companies and organisations only; private individuals are never included.

5,176

Corporate titles

2%

Overseas-owned

86 titles

1,875

Distinct owners

£427.0m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in BL1

Where the 86 overseas-owned titles in Boltonare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

Guernsey
30 · 35%
British Virgin Islands
20 · 23%
Jersey
14 · 16%
Isle Of Man
9 · 10%
Seychelles
6 · 7%
Delaware, U.S.A.
2 · 2%
Gibraltar
2 · 2%
South Africa
1 · 1%

Largest corporate owners in Bolton

Owners holding the most indexed titles in BL1, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
TAPESTART LIMITEDReg. no. 02487884UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company349
CYNTRA PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 09515187UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company272
CHIME PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 05746957UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company197
FREEHOLD MANAGERS (NOMINEES) LIMITEDReg. no. 02686761UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company195
WALLACE ESTATES LIMITEDReg. no. 04216645UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company160
G & O PROPERTIES (LONDON) LIMITEDReg. no. 02353592UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company145
ONWARD HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. 17186RUK companyRegistered Society (Company)132
THE BOROUGH COUNCIL OF BOLTONUK companyCorporate Body131
THE RESIDENTIAL ORGANISATION LIMITEDReg. no. 03903631UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company67
LW SPOT LIMITEDReg. no. 13371911UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company48
FAIRHOLD (HUDDERSFIELD) LIMITEDReg. no. 03037726UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company43
MORGOED ESTATES LIMITEDReg. no. 03273896UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company37
BE ONE HOMESReg. no. 7684UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Corporate Body)34
MATADAR INVESTMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 13867780UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company34
GREENMOUNT SECURITIES LIMITEDReg. no. 08752135UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company32
PLACES FOR PEOPLE HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. 19447RUK companyHousing Association Registered Society (Company)31
GRANGEFIELD INVESTMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 10232125UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company30
PICTURE LIVING INVESTMENTS GP LLPReg. no. OC419851UK companyLimited Liability Partnership27
BOLANVILLE LTDReg. no. 11800414UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company26
AL RAYAN BANK PLCReg. no. 04483430UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company25

Types of owner in BL1

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
4,557 · 88%
Registered Society (Company)
152 · 3%
Corporate Body
140 · 3%
Local Authority
132 · 3%
Limited Liability Partnership
81 · 2%
Community Benefit Society (Corporate Body)
38 · 1%

From owner to buildability

Knowing who owns the land in Bolton is only half the picture. Run a specific address through the free checker to see what planning constraints apply — conservation areas, flood risk, listed buildings, green belt and 50+ datasets — the factors that decide what can actually be built or changed.

Frequently asked

How much of Bolton is owned by companies?+

This index holds 5176 property titles in the BL1 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 1875 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Bolton.

How much of BL1 is owned from overseas?+

Around 2% of the corporate-owned titles indexed in Bolton are held through a company registered outside the UK — typically in jurisdictions such as Jersey, the British Virgin Islands or Guernsey. Overseas ownership is recorded by HM Land Registry in the OCOD dataset.

Can I see who owns a specific building in Bolton?+

Ownership here is matched to a location by postcode, because HM Land Registry does not publish a link between title numbers and mapped parcels. It's a screening indicator: it tells you which companies hold property in BL1 and roughly where, but to confirm the owner of one specific building you'd order an official copy of the register for that title.

How does ownership relate to planning constraints in BL1?+

Ownership tells you who holds the land; planning constraints tell you what can be done with it. Planning Constraints combines both — check any address in Bolton to see conservation areas, flood zones, listed buildings and 50+ datasets, alongside the corporate-ownership picture for that postcode.

Ownership is drawn from HM Land Registry’s corporate (CCOD) and overseas (OCOD) ownership datasets and aggregated by postcode district. HM Land Registry does not publish a link between title numbers and mapped land parcels, so this is a district-level screening indicator, not a title-plan boundary. We show the owning company, its jurisdiction, category and holding counts — not exact property addresses (their use is licence-restricted). Private individuals are never included; these datasets cover companies and organisations only.

Source: Source: HM Land Registry — UK companies (CCOD) and overseas companies (OCOD) that own property in England and Wales. Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026 Data as at July 2026.

Note: Corporate ownership reflects HM Land Registry’s record of the current registered proprietor and can lag transactions by weeks or months. Ownership is matched to a location by postcode, not by title-plan boundary, so treat it as a screening indicator — always confirm with an official copy of the register before relying on it.

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