COMPLETE TREE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04280701 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-03
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£318.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02400
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £318,277

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£318k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£296k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£64k£127k£191k£255k£318kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£355.0k£318.3k
Current assets£295.7k£254.0k
Net assets£318.3k£286.6k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-11-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-11-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2022-11-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-08
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-04
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2018-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-25
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-10-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-10-24
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2018-10-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2018-10-18
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    MCINDOE, Jethro Lee appointed
    director
  19. 2001-09-03
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    Company incorporated
    As COMPLETE TREE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
  20. 2001-09-03
    ➕
    BURKITT, Karen Lisa appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-09-03
    ➕
    BURKITT, Steven appointed
    director
  22. 2001-09-03
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    THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2001-09-03
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    THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2001-09-03
    ➕
    OXFORD FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2001-09-03
    ➖
    OXFORD FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Steven Burkitt
Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2001-09-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

5 South Parade
Summertown
Oxford
OX2 7JL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BURKITT, Karen Lisa→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURKITT, Steven→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-09-03
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Active
MCINDOE, Jethro Lee→
director · ~43y · appointed 2018-10-18
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Active
THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-09-03 · resigned 2001-09-03
Resigned
OXFORD FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-09-03 · resigned 2001-09-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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2025-10-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-25
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accounts · AA
2023-11-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-19