BURWOODS DOMESTIC APPLIANCES LTD

🌳Matureactive

05573239 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-23

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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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 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

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	600	600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-05-18
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officers · AP01
2026-05-13
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confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-05-05
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BURWOOD, Henry James appointed
director
2026-03-17
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2025-03-17
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2024-04-29
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2023-04-25
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2022-05-04
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2021-05-28
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2020-09-03
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2019-09-04
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2018-08-02
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2017-09-15
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2016-06-07
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2015-09-29
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2005-09-23
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Company incorporated
As BURWOODS DOMESTIC APPLIANCES LTD
2005-09-23
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BURWOOD, Amanda Jane appointed
secretary
2005-09-23
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BURWOOD, Amanda Jane appointed
director
2005-09-23
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BURWOOD, Mark Frederick appointed
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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BURWOOD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BURWOOD, Henry James (same surname) appointed 2026-05-05. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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 Mark Frederick Burwood Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Amanda Jane Burwood Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-09-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47540 — Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores

Registered office

10 South Street

Bridport

Dorset

DT6 3NJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-07

Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BURWOOD, Amanda Jane→

secretary · appointed 2005-09-23

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BURWOOD, Amanda Jane→

director · ~58y · appointed 2005-09-23

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BURWOOD, Henry James→

director · ~27y · appointed 2026-05-05

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BURWOOD, Mark Frederick→

director · ~59y · appointed 2005-09-23

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Recent filings (50 total)

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officers · AP01

2026-05-18

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confirmation-statement · RP01CS01

2026-05-13