BURNHEAD GROUP LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC407030 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-08

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£-488.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -33% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £488,456

Cash YoY

-33%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 33% YoY

Net Worth

-£488k

↓ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£626k

↓ 3.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£-447.1k	£-397.8k
Current assets	£626.3k	£649.7k
Cash	£4.4k	£6.6k
Debtors	£220.9k	£251.7k
Net assets	£-488.5k	£-436.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-14
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-06-15
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-02-13
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-12-08
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dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-11-28
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
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address · AD01
2020-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2011-09-08
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Company incorporated
As BURNHEAD GROUP LIMITED
2011-09-08
➕
BRYSON, David appointed
director

Owner dependency

80/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Bryson Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	23/06/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-09-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

29 Brandon Street

Hamilton

South Lanarkshire

ML3 6DA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-07

Last: 2025-06-23

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BRYSON, David→

director · ~51y · appointed 2011-09-08

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Active

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-26

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2024-12-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-12

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2024-12-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-25

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2024-06-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-06-12

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2024-06-11

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2024-02-13

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2023-12-08

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2023-11-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-09-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-23