BURNET (FAIRFIELD LICENCE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC143076 · ltd · incorporated 1993-03-05

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.

Why now

Window closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "well run hard buy" recently.

· Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
· Hygiene score: 70 → 90
· Opportunity score: 70 → 79
· Bankability: 65 → 75

Opportunity decay

hardening · 6-months

Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.

· 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

Picture improved over the last 90 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

·Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
↑Opportunity score: 70 → 79
↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
↑Bankability: 65 → 75
·Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£2

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

18 officers (4 active, 18 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2

~ YoY

Current Assets

£2

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£2	£2
Current assets	£2	£2
Net assets	£2	£2

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2026-02-23
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accounts · AA
2025-02-21
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accounts · AA
2024-02-29
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accounts · AA
2023-04-17
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address · AD01
2022-12-14
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-12-13
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-13
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officers · AP01
2022-12-13
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officers · TM02
2022-12-13
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officers · AP01
2022-12-13
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officers · AP01
2022-12-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-25
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KYLE, Aaron Thomas appointed
director
2022-11-25
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KYLE, Robert Arthur Duncan appointed
director
2022-11-25
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KYLE, Vivien appointed
director
2022-11-25
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STEVENSON, Thomas John Christopher appointed
director
2022-11-25
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MARTIN, Timothy resigned
secretary
2022-11-25
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MARTIN, Nicholas resigned
director
2022-11-25
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MARTIN, Timothy resigned
director
2022-10-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-28
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2014-07-29
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MARTIN, George Tincey Victor resigned
director
2004-02-01
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MARTIN, Timothy appointed
secretary
2004-02-01
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MARTIN, Nicholas appointed
director
2004-02-01
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MARTIN, Timothy appointed
director
2003-12-13
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MARTIN, Christine Barbara resigned
secretary
2003-12-13
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MARTIN, Christine Barbara resigned
director
1993-10-01
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MAITLAND, Shona Elizabeth resigned
secretary
1993-10-01
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MARTIN, Christine Barbara appointed
secretary
1993-10-01
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FORRESTER, Andrew Roger resigned
director
1993-10-01
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MAITLAND, Shona Elizabeth resigned
director
1993-10-01
➕
MARTIN, Christine Barbara appointed
director
1993-10-01
➕
MARTIN, George Tincey Victor appointed
director
1993-09-24
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CHRISTIE, Gordon resigned
secretary
1993-09-24
➕
MAITLAND, Shona Elizabeth appointed
secretary
1993-09-24
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CHRISTIE, Gordon resigned
director
1993-09-24
➕
FORRESTER, Andrew Roger appointed
director
1993-06-07
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BRUCE, Graeme Murray resigned
nominee-secretary
1993-06-07
➕
CHRISTIE, Gordon appointed
secretary
1993-06-07
➖
BRUCE, Graeme Murray resigned
nominee-director
1993-06-07
➕
CHRISTIE, Gordon appointed
director
1993-06-07
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GALBRAITH, Eric Roger resigned
nominee-director
1993-06-07
➕
MAITLAND, Shona Elizabeth appointed
director
1993-03-05
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Company incorporated
As BURNET (FAIRFIELD LICENCE) LIMITED
1993-03-05
➕
BRUCE, Graeme Murray appointed
nominee-secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 52 events

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

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

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Rad Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BURNET (FAIRFIELD LICENCE) LIMITED

This company · SC143076

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Rad Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	25/11/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Fairfield House Hotel (Ayr) Limitedceased 25/11/2022· 75-100% shares

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.

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🔒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.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1993-03-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

1 Glaisnock Street

Glaisnock Street

Cumnock

KA18 1BP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (4 active · 14 resigned)

KYLE, Aaron Thomas→

director · ~35y · appointed 2022-11-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KYLE, Robert Arthur Duncan→

director · ~62y · appointed 2022-11-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KYLE, Vivien→

director · ~63y · appointed 2022-11-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

STEVENSON, Thomas John Christopher→

director · ~67y · appointed 2022-11-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRUCE, Graeme Murray→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-03-05 · resigned 1993-06-07

Resigned

CHRISTIE, Gordon→

secretary · appointed 1993-06-07 · resigned 1993-09-24

Resigned

MAITLAND, Shona Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 1993-09-24 · resigned 1993-10-01

Resigned

MARTIN, Christine Barbara→

secretary · appointed 1993-10-01 · resigned 2003-12-13

Resigned

MARTIN, Timothy→

secretary · appointed 2004-02-01 · resigned 2022-11-25

Resigned

BRUCE, Graeme Murray→

nominee-director · ~67y · appointed 1993-03-05 · resigned 1993-06-07

Resigned

CHRISTIE, Gordon→

director · ~66y · appointed 1993-06-07 · resigned 1993-09-24

Resigned

FORRESTER, Andrew Roger→

director · ~89y · appointed 1993-09-24 · resigned 1993-10-01

Resigned

GALBRAITH, Eric Roger→

nominee-director · ~67y · appointed 1993-03-05 · resigned 1993-06-07

Resigned

MAITLAND, Shona Elizabeth→

director · ~61y · appointed 1993-06-07 · resigned 1993-10-01

Resigned

MARTIN, Christine Barbara→

director · ~83y · appointed 1993-10-01 · resigned 2003-12-13

Resigned

MARTIN, George Tincey Victor→

director · ~81y · appointed 1993-10-01 · resigned 2014-07-29

Resigned

MARTIN, Nicholas→

director · ~54y · appointed 2004-02-01 · resigned 2022-11-25

Resigned

MARTIN, Timothy→

director · ~53y · appointed 2004-02-01 · resigned 2022-11-25

Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-02-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-02-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-02-29

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-04-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-17

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2022-12-14

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-12-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-12-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-12-13

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-12-13

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2022-12-13

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-12-13