BURACH PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC140727 · ltd · incorporated 1992-10-15

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£3.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Artistic creation

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,192

Cash YoY

+12%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£11k

↑ 12% YoY

Net Worth

£3k

↑ 22% YoY

Current Assets

£12k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£5.7k	£8.7k
Current assets	£12.4k	£14.8k
Cash	£11.3k	£10.1k
Debtors	£1.1k	£4.7k
Net assets	£3.2k	£2.6k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-08-21
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2024-07-31
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accounts · AA
2023-08-28
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accounts · AA
2022-10-31
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accounts · AA
2021-10-28
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accounts · AA
2020-10-28
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accounts · AA
2019-07-02
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accounts · AA
2018-07-31
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accounts · AA
2017-07-31
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accounts · AA
2016-10-15
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gazette · DISS40
2016-10-14
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accounts · AA
2016-10-11
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gazette · GAZ1
2015-11-11
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2015-07-30
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accounts · AA
2014-11-17
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annual-return · AR01
1992-10-15
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Company incorporated
As BURACH PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
1992-10-15
➕
MACDONALD, Angus appointed
secretary
1992-10-15
➕
MACDONALD, Catherine Ann Morrison appointed
director
1992-10-15
➕
REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1992-10-15
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1992-10-15
➕
MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1992-10-15
➖
MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Catherine Ann Morrison Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1992-10-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

The Knowe

Rumbling Bridge

Kinross

KY13 0PT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-29

Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MACDONALD, Angus→

secretary · appointed 1992-10-15

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Active

MACDONALD, Catherine Ann Morrison→

director · ~67y · appointed 1992-10-15

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Active

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-10-15 · resigned 1992-10-15

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1992-10-15 · resigned 1992-10-15

Resigned

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