BURRAY BOATYARD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC503596 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-17
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 9.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 9.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 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
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 14 | 1300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-21📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-03-21📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-11-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-10➕LEY, Cameron Donald appointeddirector
- 2023-11-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-11-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-02📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-08-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2016-10-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-04-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BURRAY BOATYARD LIMITED
- 2015-04-17➕MILTON, Paul Stuart appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
51/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Cameron Donald Ley Individual · British · DOB 12/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 26/07/2023 |
Mr Paul Stuart Milton Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/04/2016 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-04-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190
Registered office
The Boatyard
Pier Road
Burray
Orkney
KW17 2SS
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
LEY, Cameron Donald→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2023-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MILTON, Paul Stuart→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/11/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 02/10/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (33 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-26
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-03-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-07
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-08-02