BURTON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES (TRUSTEE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC453656 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-02
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-04-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-04-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-04-07
    ➕
    BURTON, James William appointed
    director
  12. 2020-04-07
    ➕
    BURTON, Robert John appointed
    director
  13. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-07-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-07-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2018-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-01-11
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    BURTON, Peter Dennis resigned
    director
  20. 2013-07-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BURTON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES (TRUSTEE) LIMITED
  21. 2013-07-02
    ➕
    BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2013-07-02
    ➕
    BURTON, Hilary Anne appointed
    director
  23. 2013-07-02
    ➕
    BURTON, Peter Dennis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BURTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Hilary Anne Burton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Peter Dennis Burtonceased 02/07/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2013-07-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Brodies Llp Capital Square
58 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8BP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-07-02
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Active
BURTON, Hilary Anne→
director · ~71y · appointed 2013-07-02
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Active
BURTON, James William→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-04-07
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Active
BURTON, Robert John→
director · ~42y · appointed 2020-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURTON, Peter Dennis→
director · ~72y · appointed 2013-07-02 · resigned 2017-01-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-04-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-04-21