North West · Postcode district BL4

Who owns Bolton?Corporate & overseas land ownership in BL4

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.

2,274

Corporate titles

0%

Overseas-owned

11 titles

858

Distinct owners

£180.0m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in BL4

Where the 11 overseas-owned titles in Boltonare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

Ireland
3 · 27%
U.S.A.
2 · 18%
Guernsey
1 · 9%
Gibraltar
1 · 9%
Isle Of Man
1 · 9%
Jersey
1 · 9%
Seychelles
1 · 9%
British Virgin Islands
1 · 9%

Largest corporate owners in Bolton

Owners holding the most indexed titles in BL4, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
FREEHOLD MANAGERS (NOMINEES) LIMITEDReg. no. 02686761UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company164
FAIRHOLD (HUDDERSFIELD) LIMITEDReg. no. 03037726UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company159
CHIME PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 05746957UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company157
HESMALONEY LIMITEDReg. no. 06397879UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company56
TAPESTART LIMITEDReg. no. 02487884UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company49
WALLACE ESTATES LIMITEDReg. no. 04216645UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company48
MOSSCARE ST. VINCENT'S HOUSING GROUP LIMITEDReg. no. 7609UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Company)40
HEWAS SOLAR LIMITEDReg. no. 07654775UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company38
BE ONE HOMESReg. no. 7684UK companyCommunity Benefit Society (Corporate Body)35
MCS PROPERTY LIMITEDReg. no. 6398768UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company29
THE BOROUGH COUNCIL OF BOLTONUK companyLocal Authority29
MORGOED ESTATES LIMITEDReg. no. 3273896UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company28
PLACES FOR PEOPLE HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. IP19447RUK companyIndustrial and Provident Society (Company)24
SHENSTONE PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 02036008UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company23
G & O PROPERTIES (LONDON) LIMITEDReg. no. 02353592UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company22
GREENMOUNT SECURITIES LIMITEDReg. no. 08752135UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company22
BORSDANE PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 0762739UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company21
ONWARD HOMES LIMITEDReg. no. 17186RUK companyRegistered Society (Company)18
EVENWAY ESTATES LTDReg. no. 05309316UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company16
BRACKEN PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITEDReg. no. 13776656UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company13

Types of owner in BL4

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
2,000 · 88%
Corporate Body
49 · 2%
Limited Liability Partnership
48 · 2%
Community Benefit Society (Company)
44 · 2%
Community Benefit Society (Corporate Body)
36 · 2%
Local Authority
30 · 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 2274 property titles in the BL4 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 858 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 BL4 is owned from overseas?+

Around 0% 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 BL4 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 BL4?+

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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