BURRAVOE AND DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT GROUP

💤Zombieactive
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.
🔒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
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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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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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    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 · AA
  10. 2021-03-01
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-13
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-21
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  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
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    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