BURGESS GARAGE (SHETLAND) UNLIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC376444 · private-unlimited · incorporated 2010-04-08
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2021-04-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2021-04-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  3. 2019-07-01
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2016-04-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  5. 2015-04-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  6. 2014-05-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  7. 2013-05-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  8. 2012-05-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  9. 2011-04-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  10. 2011-01-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2010-10-07
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    legacy
    mortgage · MG01s
  12. 2010-10-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  13. 2010-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BURGESS GARAGE (SHETLAND) UNLIMITED
  14. 2010-04-08
    ➕
    BURGESS, Colin appointed
    director
  15. 2010-04-08
    ➕
    BURGESS, James Wilbert appointed
    director
  16. 2010-04-08
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +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 "BURGESS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Colin Burgess
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
50–75%
—50-75% shares08/04/2017
James Wilbert Burgess
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1938 · age 88
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/04/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated2010-04-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

Holmsgarth Road
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0PW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURGESS, Colin→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-04-08
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Active
BURGESS, James Wilbert→
director · ~88y · appointed 2010-04-08
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property04/10/201008/04/2021

Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2017-04-24
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-04-14
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-04-16
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-05-26