BURNS AND SYED PROPERTIES LIMITED

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SC426429 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-18
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£16.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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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
Pursue
Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with strong profile and bankable structure.

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 -53% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.3y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,812
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,855 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 53% YoY
Cash YoY
-53%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£19k
↓ 53% YoY
Net Worth
£17k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£8k£16k£24k£32k£41kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£86.1k£88.9k
Cash£19.0k£40.6k
Net assets£16.8k£19.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-02-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-02-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-02-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-02-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-02-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-29
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2022-12-29
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    Charge satisfied #3
  13. 2022-10-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2022-10-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2022-09-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-03-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2021-03-04
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  19. 2021-02-28
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  20. 2021-02-28
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  21. 2021-02-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2021-02-28
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    Charge satisfied #2
  23. 2021-02-28
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2021-02-22
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  25. 2021-02-19
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  26. 2021-01-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  27. 2021-01-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  28. 2012-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BURNS AND SYED PROPERTIES LIMITED
  29. 2012-06-18
    ➕
    BURNS, John Norman appointed
    director
  30. 2012-06-18
    ➕
    SYEEDA, Utther Tarannum appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 "BURNS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Utther Tarannum Syeeda
Individual · British · DOB 06/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr John Norman Burns
Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-06-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

1 Woodvale Avenue
Giffnock
Glasgow
G46 6RG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-08
Last: 2025-06-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURNS, John Norman→
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SYEEDA, Utther Tarannum→
director · ~53y · appointed 2012-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property04/03/2021—
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property22/02/2021—
satisfied
Mortgage Works (UK)
Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property19/02/202129/12/2022
satisfied
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property19/01/202128/02/2021
satisfied
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property19/01/202128/02/2021
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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-12-29