BURGESS FORESTRY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11337918 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-01
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
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,999 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1
↓ 100% YoY
Current Assets
£1
↓ 100% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£6k£8k£11k£14kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£1£14.0k
Current assets£1£14.0k
Cash—£14.0k
Net assets£1£14.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-06-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-06-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-06-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-05-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-05-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-05-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BURGESS FORESTRY LTD
  14. 2018-05-01
    ➕
    BURGESS, Neil David, Prof appointed
    director
  15. 2018-05-01
    ➕
    BURGESS, Rosalyn Ann appointed
    director
  16. 2018-05-01
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +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 "BURGESS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 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 70 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
Prof Neil David Burgess
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/05/2018
Mrs Rosalyn Ann Burgess
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/05/2018

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
Incorporated2018-05-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

3 Adams Court
Waterbeach
Cambridge
CB25 9PP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-19
Last: 2026-06-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURGESS, Neil David, Prof→
director · ~64y · appointed 2018-05-01
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Active
BURGESS, Rosalyn Ann→
director · ~70y · appointed 2018-05-01
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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-11