BURCO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03900880 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-29
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£153.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
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
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £153,083
Cash YoY
+19%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£109k
↑ 19% YoY
Net Worth
£153k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£240k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£48k£96k£144k£192k£240kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£153.1k£136.7k
Current assets£240.0k£191.8k
Cash£109.4k£92.0k
Debtors£130.6k£99.8k
Net assets£153.1k£136.7k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-07-02
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-15
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  5. 2023-09-04
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  6. 2023-09-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-11
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-21
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  10. 2019-06-26
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  11. 2018-06-22
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  12. 2017-07-05
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-08-30
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    address · AD01
  14. 2016-08-26
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-04-06
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    BURGESS, Gemma Ann appointed
    director
  17. 2006-01-23
    ➕
    BURGESS, Gemma Ann appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-01-23
    ➖
    BURGESS, Jayne Ann resigned
    secretary
  19. 1999-12-29
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    Company incorporated
    As BURCO LIMITED
  20. 1999-12-29
    ➕
    BURGESS, Stephen John appointed
    director
  21. 1999-12-29
    ➕
    BURGESS, Jayne Ann appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-12-29
    ➕
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-12-29
    ➖
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-12-29
    ➕
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1999-12-29
    ➖
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 75 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Gemma Ann Burgess
Individual · British · DOB 11/1983 · age 43
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/01/2026
Mr Steve Burgess
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/12/2016

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
Incorporated1999-12-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46390 — Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco

Registered office

Winnington Hall Victorian Wing East Office 10
Winnington
Northwich
Cheshire
CW8 4DU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-06
Last: 2025-12-23

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BURGESS, Gemma Ann→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-23
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Active
BURGESS, Gemma Ann→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-04-06
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Active
BURGESS, Stephen John→
director · ~75y · appointed 1999-12-29
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Active
BURGESS, Jayne Ann→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-29 · resigned 2006-01-23
Resigned
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-29 · resigned 1999-12-29
Resigned
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-12-29 · resigned 1999-12-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-21