BURNFOOT RESERVOIR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC227629 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-01

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

£4.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03120

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 £4,354

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,029 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4k

↓ 19% YoY

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£4.4k	£5.4k
Debtors	£6.9k	£7.8k
Net assets	£4.4k	£5.4k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-07-08
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2022-04-25
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2021-08-05
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2021-02-24
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2019-05-14
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2018-10-08
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2017-05-19
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2016-04-04
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2016-02-23
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-19
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2015-02-23
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2014-09-16
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2014-02-13
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annual-return · AR01
2009-02-14
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BLEAU, Valerie resigned
director
2002-02-01
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Company incorporated
As BURNFOOT RESERVOIR LIMITED
2002-02-01
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COCHRANE, Catriona Mary appointed
secretary
2002-02-01
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BROWN, Peter appointed
director
2002-02-01
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COCHRANE, Catriona Mary appointed
director
2002-02-01
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-02-01
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-02-01
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BLEAU, Valerie appointed
director
2002-02-01
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-02-01
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Brown Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Catriona Mary Cochrane Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% 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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6 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

Incorporated2002-02-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03120 — SIC 03120

Registered office

Pokelly Hall

Fenwick

Kilmarnock

Ayrshire

KA3 6BB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-28

Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

COCHRANE, Catriona Mary→

secretary · appointed 2002-02-01

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Active

BROWN, Peter→

director · ~63y · appointed 2002-02-01

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Active

COCHRANE, Catriona Mary→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-02-01

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-01 · resigned 2002-02-01

Resigned

BLEAU, Valerie→

director · ~64y · appointed 2002-02-01 · resigned 2009-02-14

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-01 · resigned 2002-02-01

Resigned

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