Boatwrights Estate Agents

What Boatwrights Estate Agents does

Boatwrights Estate Agents is an independent, privately held UK estate agency founded by Matthew Boatwright in 2015, operating two physical offices in Shaftesbury (Dorset) and Tisbury (Wiltshire) and serving buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants across the surrounding villages, including the Nadder Valley and Chalke Valley catchments. The firm provides residential property sales (commission-based), residential lettings (Tenant Find and fully managed), buy-to-let advisory, and mortgage referral services, with a stated emphasis on local market knowledge, honest pricing guidance, and regular client communication throughout transactions. The Tisbury branch is the registered office of Boatwrights Estate Agents Ltd and represents the continuation of the prior Bassets brand legacy on Tisbury High Street, marking 10 years of continuous presence in 2025.

The business is structured as a private limited company (Company No. 09514957), founder-owned, with no disclosed institutional investment, parent company, or subsidiaries. Revenue is generated from three streams: transactional sales commission, recurring lettings and property management fees, and professional advisory fees for buy-to-let investors. Pricing is commission-based and individually negotiated, with no publicly disclosed rate card. Distribution combines the two High Street offices, a CMS-based property listing website with search functionality, an online valuation tool hosted on the PropertyLogic platform, and a self-serve contact/valuation enquiry form.

The technology stack is standard for the sector: a property listing website with online valuation, Instagram organic social, and a content radio show (Property Matters Radio on Alfred News). The firm holds professional memberships in The Guild of Property Professionals, NAEA Propertymark, and ARLA Propertymark (with Client Money Protection), and is registered with The Property Ombudsman and the Trading Standards Consumer Codes Approval Scheme. There is no proprietary technology, no API, no mobile app, no disclosed AI/ML capability, and no data flywheel described. Headcount is stated at 11-50 employees and revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Boatwrights Estate Agents

Legal name

Boatwrights Estate Agents Ltd

Website

https://boatwrights.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Boatwrights Estate Agents is an independent UK estate agency with offices in Shaftesbury, Dorset and Tisbury, Wiltshire, providing residential property sales, lettings, and management services to individual buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants in the surrounding Dorset and Wiltshire villages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Estate Agency Services

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (53121), Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (531210), Real Estate Property Managers (53131)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Real Estate (6500)

akta.pro primary industry

Rural Residential & Acreage Homesites Brokerage (BPAJADAE)

Keywords

• Residential property sales
• Property lettings services
• Property management
• Estate agency services
• Buy-to-let advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Shaftesbury

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Property Sales Commission: Commission-based fees from residential property sales, working with sellers to achieve best possible prices for properties in the Shaftesbury and Tisbury areas.
2. Lettings and Property Management: Services for landlords including Tenant Find and fully managed lettings services, providing ongoing revenue from property management.
3. Buy to Let Advisory: Advice and services for investors purchasing property to let, supporting both sales and lettings revenue streams.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Boatwrights Estate Agents is an independent residential estate agency that sells and lets homes in Shaftesbury, Tisbury and surrounding villages in Dorset and Wiltshire. Core services include full-service residential sales (pricing, marketing, viewings, transaction management), lettings (Tenant Find and fully managed), landlord and buy-to-let advisory, and mortgage advice referrals, delivered through two physical offices and a website with property search and online valuation.

Product overview

Boatwrights Estate Agents operates as an independent estate agency offering residential property sales and lettings services primarily in Shaftesbury and Tisbury, Dorset/Wiltshire. The core offering comprises property sales (with pricing, marketing and transaction management), property lettings (Tenant Find and fully managed services), supplemented by mortgage advice referrals, an online valuation tool, landlord services, and community-focused content including Property Matters Radio and location guides. The company is a member of The Guild of Property Professionals, which extends their marketing reach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Property Sales Full-service residential property sales service for homeowners in Shaftesbury, Tisbury and surrounding villages, covering pricing advice, professional marketing, viewings, and transaction management to completion.
• Property Lettings & Management Lettings services for landlords including Tenant Find and fully managed lettings, matching suitable tenants with quality homes and handling ongoing tenancy management across Shaftesbury, Tisbury and the surrounding villages.
• Landlord Services Comprehensive services for landlords covering buy-to-let investment advice and ongoing tenant management, designed to support both sales and lettings activity and reduce the day-to-day burden of being a landlord.
• Mortgage Advice Mortgage advice referral service providing buyers and tenants with mortgage guidance as part of the wider estate agency offering.

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The Guild of Property ProfessionalscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMembership network providing estate agents with marketing support, technology tools, and professional standards. Boatwrights uses Guild 365 for Anti-Money Laundering checks as part of this membership.
• ARLA PropertymarkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProfessional body for letting agents providing Client Money Protection scheme. Boatwrights displays the ARLA Propertymark logo and holds client money in a separate client account protected by the Propertymark Client Money Protection Scheme.
• The Property Ombudsman (TPOS)minorOthersIndependent dispute resolution service for property complaints. Boatwrights is a member and follows TPOS procedures for handling customer complaints.
• NAEA PropertymarkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNational Association of Estate Agents professional body membership providing standards and consumer protection.
• Deposit Protection SchememinorOthersApproved scheme for protecting tenancy deposits, referenced in footer as one of the regulatory protections offered.
• Trading Standards - Consumer Codes Approval SchememinorOthersBusiness verification scheme ensuring compliance with consumer protection standards.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Connells Group: Large UK estate agency network with national coverage and broad residential sales, lettings and mortgage services. A scaled incumbent that competes for the same rural/small-town listings and landlords, but with substantially broader geographic and product reach.
• Savills: International real estate services firm with significant UK residential sales and lettings operations, including country-house and village markets. Comparable on rural/character property focus, though operates at a much larger scale and with broader service lines.
• Knight Frank: Global real estate firm with strong UK residential sales and lettings presence, including country-house and rural markets. Comparable on the rural Dorset/Wiltshire property type that Boatwrights handles, but offers a broader, premium-positioned portfolio.
• Your Move: Major UK high-street estate and lettings chain with national branch coverage. Overlaps with Boatwrights on residential sales and lettings across similar UK catchments, but operates at a much larger scale and brand footprint.

Direct peers

• Chancellors: Long-established regional UK estate agent with branches across the South and South-West, offering residential sales, lettings and management. Highly comparable given the shared rural/small-town focus and full-service offering.
• Belvoir: UK franchise network specializing in residential lettings and property management, with sales as a secondary line. Directly comparable on the lettings/management side of Boatwrights' business and on franchise-based local operating model.
• Hunters: National UK estate agency franchise offering residential sales, lettings and management across regional markets. Operates with a similar independent-agent positioning and service bundle to Boatwrights, particularly in smaller-town catchments.
• Winkworth: UK franchise network of independent estate and letting agents with a comparable boutique, locally-rooted model focused on residential sales, lettings and property management — directly overlapping Boatwrights' service mix and target customer.
• Martin & Co: UK franchise of residential letting and management agents. Comparable to Boatwrights on the tenant-find and full-management service lines and on serving smaller-town UK markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/boatwrights
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/boatwrights

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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