BURHILL GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07447067 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-22

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 9.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

93110Operation of sports facilities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.1y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 9.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (7 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	1900	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

5 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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-08-06
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officers · TM01
2025-08-06
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officers · TM02
2025-07-31
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CONLAN, James resigned
secretary
2025-07-31
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CONLAN, James resigned
director
2025-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-04-13
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officers · TM01
2025-04-01
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MAYES, Colin Michael resigned
director
2024-12-01
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THOMPSON, Simon Edward appointed
director
2024-12-01
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officers · AP01
2024-07-16
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accounts · AA
2023-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-05-04
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mortgage · MR01
2021-04-23
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2021-01-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-31
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HOWARD, Robin Ivan resigned
director
2020-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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mortgage · MR04
2019-12-19
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mortgage · MR04
2019-12-19
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-12-19
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-12-04
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officers · AP01
2019-11-01
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WARD, Michelle Sylvia appointed
director
2019-10-28
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mortgage · MR01
2019-10-25
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2019-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2017-08-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2017-04-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2016-04-01
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O'DONNELL, Simon appointed
director
2015-12-31
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HADEN-SCOTT, Timothy resigned
director
2013-01-01
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HADEN-SCOTT, Timothy appointed
director
2011-03-01
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CLIVE, Edward George appointed
director
2011-03-01
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FANSHAWE, Georgia Honor, Margarite, The Honorable appointed
director
2011-03-01
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GUINNESS, Arthur Edward Rory, The Earl Of Iveagh appointed
director
2011-03-01
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MONTAGU, Honor Victoria, Lady appointed
director
2010-11-22
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Company incorporated
As BURHILL GROUP LIMITED
2010-11-22
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CONLAN, James appointed
secretary
2010-11-22
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PENNSEC LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-11-22
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PENNSEC LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-11-22
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BOSI, Gianfranco appointed
director
2010-11-22
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BOSI, Gianfranco resigned
director
2010-11-22
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CONLAN, James appointed
director
2010-11-22
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HOWARD, Robin Ivan appointed
director
2010-11-22
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MAYES, Colin Michael appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

2 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: CONLAN, James resigned 2025-07-31; CONLAN, James resigned 2025-07-31

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-11-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Burhill

Burwood Road

Walton On Thames

Surrey

KT12 4BX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-06

Last: 2025-11-22