BURLES GROUP PLC

🌳Matureactive

02364403 · plc · incorporated 1989-03-22

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 30.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · oldest 30.0y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 30.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

130 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £551,427

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Profit before tax	£551.4k	£659.1k
Average employees	2	200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-06-29
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2025-06-26
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accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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accounts · AA
2023-04-20
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accounts · AA
2022-05-25
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accounts · AA
2022-01-14
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mortgage · MR04
2022-01-14
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mortgage · MR04
2022-01-14
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mortgage · MR04
2022-01-14
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mortgage · MR04
2022-01-14
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mortgage · MR04
2022-01-14
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Charge satisfied #10
2022-01-14
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Charge satisfied #8
2022-01-14
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Charge satisfied #7
2022-01-14
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Charge satisfied #6
2022-01-14
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Charge satisfied #5
2021-06-01
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accounts · AA
2020-06-26
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LEWIS, John Kevin resigned
director
2020-06-26
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officers · TM01
2020-06-04
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accounts · AA
2019-07-12
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accounts · AA
2018-08-06
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accounts · AA
2018-01-17
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mortgage · MR04
2018-01-17
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mortgage · MR04
2018-01-17
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Charge satisfied #11
2018-01-17
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Charge satisfied #9
2018-01-17
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Charge satisfied #4
2018-01-17
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Charge satisfied #3
2018-01-17
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Charge satisfied #2
2013-07-25
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2013-07-01
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2012-04-24
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SACHS, Heidi appointed
secretary
2012-04-24
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BURLES, Joan resigned
secretary
2012-03-01
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2011-10-31
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2007-04-11
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2007-04-11
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2007-04-11
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2005-12-12
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2004-04-01
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LEWIS, John Kevin appointed
director
2001-06-01
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BURLES, David Anthony appointed
director
2000-05-01
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ROBERTS, Alan William resigned
director
1999-11-15
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1996-07-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1995-07-31
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SACHS, Heidi appointed
director
1993-11-05
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BURLES, David Anthony resigned
director
1993-11-05
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ROBERTS, Alan William appointed
director
1989-03-22
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Company incorporated
As BURLES GROUP PLC

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 "BURLES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Burles Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Burles Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BURLES GROUP PLC

This company · 02364403

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Burles Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeplc

Incorporated1989-03-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Imperial Building

Bridge Street

West End Abercarn

Gwent

NP11 4SB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-12

Last: 2025-12-29

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SACHS, Heidi→

secretary · appointed 2012-04-24

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Active

BURLES, David Anthony→

director · ~73y · appointed 2001-06-01

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Active

SACHS, Heidi→

director · ~61y · appointed 1995-07-31

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Active

BURLES, Joan→

secretary · resigned 2012-04-24

Resigned

BURLES, David Anthony→

director · ~73y · resigned 1993-11-05

Resigned

LEWIS, John Kevin→

director · ~60y · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2020-06-26

Resigned

ROBERTS, Alan William→

director · ~69y · appointed 1993-11-05 · resigned 2000-05-01

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	25/07/2013	17/01/2018
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	01/07/2013	14/01/2022
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	01/03/2012	17/01/2018
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	31/10/2011	14/01/2022
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	11/04/2007	14/01/2022
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	11/04/2007	14/01/2022
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	11/04/2007	14/01/2022
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Guarantee & debenture	1 property	12/12/2005	17/01/2018
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	15/11/1999	17/01/2018
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Guarantee & debenture	1 property	08/07/1996	17/01/2018