ANDY BURROWS CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC234701 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-30
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£150.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £150,945

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£151k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£53k
↓ 6.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£30k£60k£91k£121k£151kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£151.8k£128.3k
Current assets£53.0k£56.9k
Net assets£150.9k£127.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-03-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Jab Pension
  3. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2002-07-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDY BURROWS CONSULTING LIMITED
  14. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    BURROWS, Andrew Nicholas appointed
    secretary
  15. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    BURROWS, Andrew Nicholas appointed
    director
  16. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    BURROWS, Jane Alison appointed
    director
  17. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 2002-07-30
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 2002-07-30
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2002-07-30
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BURROWS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 62. Early succession window.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jane Alison Burrows
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/07/2016
Mr Andrew Nicholas Burrows
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Kinnaird House
Kirkmichael Road, Pitlochry
Perthshire
PH16 5JL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BURROWS, Andrew Nicholas→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-30
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Active
BURROWS, Andrew Nicholas→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-07-30
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Active
BURROWS, Jane Alison→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-07-30
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Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-30 · resigned 2002-07-30
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-30 · resigned 2002-07-30
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-30 · resigned 2002-07-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Jab Pension
A registered charge1 property24/03/2026—
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Recent filings (62 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02