BURNS GENERATORS LIMITED

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07327955 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£4.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 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 £4,051

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£33k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£17k£26k£35k£43kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£10.3k£35.1k
Current assets£32.5k£43.2k
Net assets£4.1k£3.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-26
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  4. 2023-04-25
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-11
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    address · AD01
  6. 2022-10-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-01-04
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-01-11
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-16
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2019-09-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-09-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-09
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-28
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BURNS GENERATORS LIMITED
  18. 2010-07-27
    ➕
    BURNS, Kathreen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2010-07-27
    ➕
    BURNS, Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BURNS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Mr Michael Burns
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

North View
Little Bampton
Wigton
Cumbria
CA7 0JQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-10
Last: 2025-07-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURNS, Kathreen→
secretary · appointed 2010-07-27
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Active
BURNS, Michael→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-07-27
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Active

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-01