BURNSTEIN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07512433 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-01
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27900
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees00

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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-04
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2023-11-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-11-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-11-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-16
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-27
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  12. 2019-11-10
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  13. 2018-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-02-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BURNSTEIN LIMITED
  17. 2011-02-01
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    CHADWICK, Christopher James appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-02-01
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    BURNS, Paul Barry appointed
    director
  19. 2011-02-01
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    STEIN, Hugh Malcolm 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Barry Burns
Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest21/02/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Hugh Malcolm Steinceased 14/11/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2011-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

35a Upton Road
Prenton
CH43 8TQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CHADWICK, Christopher James→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-01
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Active
BURNS, Paul Barry→
director · ~48y · appointed 2011-02-01
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Active
STEIN, Hugh Malcolm→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-02-01
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Active

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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-03