A.P. BURLTON (TURKEYS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01639086 · ltd · incorporated 1982-06-01
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 42.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.43M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 7 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

9 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 42.4y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 42.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
105 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,429,123
Net assets shrinking
Down £63,449 YoY
Cash YoY
+84%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£176k
↑ 84% YoY
Net Worth
£1.4m
↓ 4.3% YoY
Current Assets
£344k
↑ 103% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£299k£597k£896k£1.2m£1.5mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£1.70M£1.83M
Current assets£344.0k£169.6k
Cash£176.0k£95.7k
Debtors£153.5k£59.5k
Net assets£1.43M£1.49M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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  2. 2025-09-04
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  3. 2025-09-04
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  4. 2025-09-04
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  5. 2024-08-19
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  6. 2023-11-30
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  7. 2022-09-08
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-26
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  9. 2021-11-26
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  10. 2020-09-03
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  11. 2019-08-13
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  12. 2018-08-22
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  13. 2017-06-22
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  14. 2016-11-23
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  15. 2015-11-25
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-10-30
    ➖
    BURLTON, Anthony Peter resigned
    director
  17. 2012-10-30
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  18. 2012-10-30
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2010-11-05
    ➕
    BURLTON, Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2009-02-18
    ➖
    BURLTON, Dorris resigned
    secretary
  21. 2009-02-18
    ➖
    BURLTON, Dorris resigned
    director
  22. 2006-10-04
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 2006-10-04
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  24. 1999-03-16
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  25. 1999-03-16
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  26. 1999-03-16
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  27. 1995-12-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  28. 1993-05-01
    ➕
    DUMMETT, Andrew John appointed
    director
  29. 1984-01-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  30. 1982-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As A.P. BURLTON (TURKEYS) LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BURLTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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

1 low
9 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Burlton
Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Andrew John Dummett
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1982-06-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470

Registered office

Valley Farm
Meldreth
Royston
Herts
SG8 6JP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BURLTON, Michael→
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-11-05
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Active
DUMMETT, Andrew John→
director · ~66y · appointed 1993-05-01
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Active
BURLTON, Dorris→
secretary · resigned 2009-02-18
Resigned
BURLTON, Anthony Peter→
director · ~88y · resigned 2014-10-30
Resigned
BURLTON, Dorris→
director · ~91y · resigned 2009-02-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

9
Total charges
9
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property30/10/2012—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property30/10/2012—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property04/10/2006—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property04/10/2006—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Mortgage deed2 properties16/03/1999—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Mortgage deed2 properties16/03/1999—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Mortgage deed1 property16/03/1999—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Single debenture1 property27/12/1995—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Debenture1 property20/01/1984—
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Recent filings (105 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-04