BURBANK SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC203951 · ltd · incorporated 2000-02-15

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£-44.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.0y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 26.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £44,752

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£45k

↓ 61% YoY

Current Assets

£10

↓ 100% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-1.0k	£25.3k
Current assets	£10	£28.2k
Net assets	£-44.8k	£-27.8k

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

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 (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-27
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accounts · AA
2021-05-21
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accounts · AA
2020-04-21
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2019-04-19
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accounts · AA
2018-04-21
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accounts · AA
2018-03-03
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mortgage · MR04
2018-03-03
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-08-01
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accounts · AA
2017-07-11
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accounts · AA
2017-07-04
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accounts · AA
2016-04-05
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gazette · DISS40
2016-04-04
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-08
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gazette · GAZ1
2012-02-16
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YAU, William Wai-Liam resigned
secretary
2002-11-15
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SINCLAIR, Rory Ian resigned
secretary
2002-11-08
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YAU, William Wai-Liam appointed
secretary
2000-05-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2000-02-15
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Company incorporated
As BURBANK SERVICES LIMITED
2000-02-15
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YAU, Stanley Wai-Bond appointed
director
2000-02-15
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SINCLAIR, Rory Ian appointed
secretary
2000-02-15
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-02-15
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

85/100

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mr Stanley Wai-Bond Yau Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-02-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Fairview

Skene

Westhill

Aberdeenshire

AB32 6RX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-01

Last: 2026-02-15

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

YAU, Stanley Wai-Bond→

director · ~48y · appointed 2000-02-15

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Active

SINCLAIR, Rory Ian→

secretary · appointed 2000-02-15 · resigned 2002-11-15

Resigned

YAU, William Wai-Liam→

secretary · appointed 2002-11-08 · resigned 2012-02-16

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-02-15 · resigned 2000-02-15

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	09/05/2000	03/03/2018