BURNLEA PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC450934 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-28
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£5.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 93199Other sports activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
30 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
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,531

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 64% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£6kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£8.1k£6.7k
Current assets£1.9k£1.1k
Net assets£5.5k£5.0k

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 (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-05-28
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  3. 2024-02-29
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  4. 2023-02-27
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  5. 2022-05-03
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  6. 2021-05-04
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  7. 2020-03-05
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  8. 2020-02-28
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  9. 2019-02-27
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  10. 2018-02-28
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  11. 2017-02-27
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  12. 2016-06-08
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  13. 2016-06-08
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  14. 2016-06-08
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  15. 2016-06-08
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  16. 2016-06-08
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  17. 2016-06-01
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    TROTTER, Sharon Louise appointed
    director
  18. 2016-06-01
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    TROTTER, Sharon resigned
    secretary
  19. 2013-05-28
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    Company incorporated
    As BURNLEA PROPERTIES LIMITED
  20. 2013-05-28
    ➕
    TROTTER, David John appointed
    director
  21. 2013-05-28
    ➕
    TROTTER, Sharon appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +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

59/100
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 13 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David John Trotter
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/05/2017
Mrs Sharon Louise Trotter
Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/05/2017

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
Incorporated2013-05-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Burnlea Stinchar Road
Barr
Girvan
Ayrshire
KA26 9TW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-18
Last: 2025-05-04

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

TROTTER, David John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TROTTER, Sharon Louise→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TROTTER, Sharon→
secretary · appointed 2013-05-28 · resigned 2016-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-31