BURNAWN SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC307932 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-04
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 5.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees1400-1200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-10
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2026-02-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2025-02-05
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  5. 2025-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-10-16
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    MCCUTCHEON, Scott resigned
    director
  12. 2020-07-10
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2020-07-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  14. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-05
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    address · AD01
  16. 2019-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  18. 2018-12-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2018-12-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  20. 2018-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2016-01-01
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    MCCUTCHEON, Scott appointed
    director
  22. 2006-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BURNAWN SERVICES LTD
  23. 2006-09-04
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    SNEDDON, Martin appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-09-04
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    MCCUTCHEON, Bryce appointed
    director
  25. 2006-09-04
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    SNEDDON, Martin appointed
    director
  26. 2006-09-04
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-09-04
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)

Group structure

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

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Burnawn Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BURNAWN SERVICES LTD
This company · SC307932

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Burnawn Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/10/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Martin Sneddonceased 19/10/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Bryce Mccutcheonceased 19/10/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2006-09-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

Unit 4 Mayfield Industrial Estate
Hurlford
Kilmarnock
KA1 5EX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SNEDDON, Martin→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCUTCHEON, Bryce→
director · ~49y · appointed 2006-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SNEDDON, Martin→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-04 · resigned 2006-09-04
Resigned
MCCUTCHEON, Scott→
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2020-10-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—09/07/202010/02/2026

Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14