BURTON MILL HYDRO LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10521809 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£-30.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10611
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £30,318

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£30k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£485
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£30k-£24k-£18k-£12k-£6k£630Dec 2024Dec 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£585£730
Current assets£485£630
Net assets£-30.3k£-30.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-11
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-02-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BURTON MILL HYDRO LTD
  12. 2016-12-12
    ➕
    FLANNAGHAN, Barry Arthur appointed
    director
  13. 2016-12-12
    ➕
    FLANNAGHAN, Christine Margaret appointed
    director
  14. 2016-12-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

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.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry Arthur Flannaghan
Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/12/2016
Mrs Christine Margaret Flannaghan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/12/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Food & drink · GU postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ACORNS COFFEE ROASTERY LTD→
16080264 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ALCHEMY DISTILLING LTD→
12278047 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
ALLIED GLOBAL TOBACCO LTD→
05603034 · est 2005 · no financials extracted
————20y——
BIMINI ANIMAL HEALTH LIMITED→
16182881 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
————1y——
BLESS START LIMITED→
15341736 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
BONE IDYLL LIMITED→
11101402 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————8y——
BROOKWOOD BAKERIES LIMITED→
03854235 · est 1999 · no financials extracted
————26y——
BROTHERS' BAKEHOUSE LIMITED→
11970702 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
CAKE & CHOCOLATE FACTORY LTD→
15761497 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
CAKEABITE LTD→
16527962 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
CANINE KETCHUP LIMITED→
09647349 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
————10y——
CANNON COFFEE LTD→
13088014 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10611 — SIC 10611

Registered office

Burton Mill
Burton Park Road
Petworth
GU28 0JR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FLANNAGHAN, Barry Arthur→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLANNAGHAN, Christine Margaret→
director · ~71y · appointed 2016-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-28