SILVERBURN INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC362017 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of investment trusts
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
43 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-14
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-02
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2015-10-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2009-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As SILVERBURN INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  17. 2009-07-01
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    MCCONNELL, Elizabeth Anne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-07-01
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    MCCONNELL, David Thomas appointed
    director
  19. 2009-07-01
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, Elizabeth Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Thomas Mcconnell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence14/07/2016

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
Incorporated2009-07-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64301 — Activities of investment trusts

Registered office

104 Main Street
Prestwick
Ayrshire
KA9 1PA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MCCONNELL, Elizabeth Anne→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-01
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Active
MCCONNELL, David Thomas→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-07-01
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Active
MCCONNELL, Elizabeth Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-07-01
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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-17