BURNFIELD BUILDERS & DEMOLISHERS LIMITED

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SC049549 · ltd · incorporated 1971-11-29
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£1.63M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Demolition
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
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
117 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,632,259
Cash YoY
+110%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£535k
↑ 110% YoY
Net Worth
£1.6m
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£3.5m
↑ 5.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£706k£1.4m£2.1m£2.8m£3.5mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£3.68M£3.64M
Current assets£3.53M£3.35M
Cash£535.1k£255.0k
Debtors£2.68M£2.44M
Net assets£1.63M£1.60M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2010-08-31
    ➕
    MCCORMICK, Barry Scott appointed
    secretary
  16. 2010-08-31
    ➖
    MCDONALD, John Hugh resigned
    secretary
  17. 2010-08-31
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Catherine resigned
    director
  18. 2010-08-31
    ➖
    MCDONALD, John Hugh resigned
    director
  19. 2008-10-01
    ➕
    STEWART, Deborah Anne appointed
    director
  20. 2005-07-01
    ➕
    MCCORMICK, Barry appointed
    director
  21. 1997-05-21
    ➖
    THOMSON, Charles Cunningham resigned
    director
  22. 1996-07-31
    ➖
    KINNIBURGH, James Neilson resigned
    director
  23. 1996-07-31
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Catherine appointed
    director
  24. 1990-05-30
    ➕
    THOMSON, Charles Cunningham appointed
    director
  25. 1971-11-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BURNFIELD BUILDERS & DEMOLISHERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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.)

Group structure

Burnfield Demolishers Holding Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Burnfield Demolishers Holding Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BURNFIELD BUILDERS & DEMOLISHERS LIMITED
This company · SC049549

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Burnfield Demolishers Holding Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1971-11-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43110 — Demolition

Registered office

10 Sannox Gardens
Glasgow
G31 3HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MCCORMICK, Barry Scott→
secretary · appointed 2010-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCORMICK, Barry→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-07-01
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Active
STEWART, Deborah Anne→
director · ~47y · appointed 2008-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDONALD, John Hugh→
secretary · resigned 2010-08-31
Resigned
KINNIBURGH, James Neilson→
director · ~93y · resigned 1996-07-31
Resigned
MACDONALD, Catherine→
director · ~74y · appointed 1996-07-31 · resigned 2010-08-31
Resigned
MCDONALD, John Hugh→
director · ~73y · resigned 2010-08-31
Resigned
THOMSON, Charles Cunningham→
director · ~74y · appointed 1990-05-30 · resigned 1997-05-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (117 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09