BURTON AIR CONDITIONING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03808094 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-15

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£1.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35300

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43220Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -99% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,013

Net assets shrinking

Down £29 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 99% YoY

Cash YoY

-99%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£234

↓ 99% YoY

Net Worth

£1k

↓ 2.8% YoY

Current Assets

£44k

↓ 19% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£14.4k	£17.7k
Current assets	£43.8k	£54.1k
Cash	£234	£27.8k
Debtors	£40.1k	£22.9k
Net assets	£1.0k	£1.0k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

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1999-07-15
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Company incorporated
As BURTON AIR CONDITIONING LIMITED
1999-07-15
➕
WOOD, Dawn appointed
secretary
1999-07-15
➕
WOOD, Dawn appointed
director
1999-07-15
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WOOD, Peter Edward appointed
director
1999-07-15
➕
BREWER, Suzanne appointed
nominee-secretary
1999-07-15
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BREWER, Suzanne resigned
nominee-secretary
1999-07-15
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BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointed
nominee-director
1999-07-15
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BREWER, Kevin, Dr resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Edward Wood Individual · English · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	20/07/2016
Mrs Dawn Tracy Wood Individual · English · DOB 04/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	20/07/2016

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

Incorporated1999-07-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

3 Fen Road

Little Hale

Sleaford

Lincolnshire

NG34 9BD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-22

Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WOOD, Dawn→

secretary · appointed 1999-07-15

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Active

WOOD, Dawn→

director · ~62y · appointed 1999-07-15

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Active

WOOD, Peter Edward→

director · ~58y · appointed 1999-07-15

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Active

BREWER, Suzanne→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-07-15 · resigned 1999-07-15

Resigned

BREWER, Kevin, Dr→

nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1999-07-15 · resigned 1999-07-15

Resigned

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