BURRAVOE AND DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT GROUP

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SC310823 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-10-23
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-6.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (62/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,190
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£6k
Current Assets
£3k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-30
Total assets£23.1k
Current assets£3.0k
Net assets£-6.2k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-04-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-04-15
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    JAMIESON, Magnus David resigned
    director
  5. 2024-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-13
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2024-01-09
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-02-08
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2017-01-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  17. 2006-10-24
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    BROWN, Marina Joselyn appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-10-24
    ➕
    WILSON, John Carson Farley appointed
    director
  19. 2006-10-24
    ➕
    JAMIESON, Magnus David appointed
    director
  20. 2006-10-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BURRAVOE AND DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT GROUP
  21. 2006-10-23
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-10-23
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-10-23
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-10-23
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-10-23
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2006-10-23
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2006-10-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Manor House
Burravoe
Yell
Shetland
ZE2 9AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BROWN, Marina Joselyn→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, John Carson Farley→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-23 · resigned 2006-10-23
Resigned
JAMIESON, Magnus David→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-10-24 · resigned 2025-04-15
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-23 · resigned 2006-10-23
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-23 · resigned 2006-10-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-07-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-27