BURREN BALSAMICS LTD

🌳Matureactive
NI622700 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-06
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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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10840
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.6y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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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 employees600600

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-29
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    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-09-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  4. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-22
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2023-11-21
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    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2022-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-26
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    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2019-11-19
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2018-10-03
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Robert appointed
    director
  15. 2018-10-03
    ➖
    HAMILTON STUBBER, Iona Rose resigned
    director
  16. 2018-10-03
    ➖
    HAMILTON STUBBER, Thomas Richard resigned
    director
  17. 2018-10-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2018-10-03
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    officers · TM01
  19. 2018-10-03
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    officers · TM01
  20. 2018-09-27
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    accounts · AA
  21. 2017-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  22. 2016-03-01
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    HAMILTON STUBBER, Iona Rose appointed
    director
  23. 2016-03-01
    ➕
    HAMILTON STUBBER, Thomas Richard appointed
    director
  24. 2015-05-14
    ➖
    ROBINSON, Susan Marjorie resigned
    director
  25. 2014-02-06
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    Company incorporated
    As BURREN BALSAMICS LTD
  26. 2014-02-06
    ➕
    HAMILTON STUBBER, Susie, The Hon Mrs appointed
    director
  27. 2014-02-06
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Susan Marjorie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • 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
The Hon Mrs Susie Hamilton Stubber
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/09/2016

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
Incorporated2014-02-06
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC10840 — SIC 10840

Registered office

37 Aghory Road
Richhill
Armagh
BT61 9LY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HAMILTON STUBBER, Susie, The Hon Mrs→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDONALD, Robert→
director · ~69y · appointed 2018-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMILTON STUBBER, Iona Rose→
director · ~33y · appointed 2016-03-01 · resigned 2018-10-03
Resigned
HAMILTON STUBBER, Thomas Richard→
director · ~35y · appointed 2016-03-01 · resigned 2018-10-03
Resigned
ROBINSON, Susan Marjorie→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-02-06 · resigned 2015-05-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge—29/09/2025—
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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-23