XBURO UK LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC612634 · ltd · incorporated 2018-11-05
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£250k£500k£751k£1.0m£1.3mDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets—£732.7k
Current assets—£1.25M
Cash—£272.6k
Debtors—£978.3k
Net assets—£730.8k
Average employees19—

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-29
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  7. 2022-11-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-11-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2022-06-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2021-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-01-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2020-01-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
  16. 2020-01-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2020-01-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  18. 2018-12-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2018-11-05
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    Company incorporated
    As XBURO UK LTD
  20. 2018-11-05
    ➕
    BRADY, Thomas Bolan appointed
    director
  21. 2018-11-05
    ➕
    GRIBBEN, Michael Anthony appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Xburo Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Xburo Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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XBURO UK LTD
This company · SC612634

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Xburo Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/11/2022
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Thomas Bolan Bradyceased 17/11/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Thomas Bolan Bradyceased 28/10/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Michael Anthony Gribbenceased 17/11/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Bernard Cannonceased 28/10/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2018-11-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Titanium 1 Kings Inch Place
Renfrew
PA4 8WF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BRADY, Thomas Bolan→
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIBBEN, Michael Anthony→
director · ~46y · appointed 2018-11-05
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Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-11-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-01