MC VEY AND BURNS PROPERTY INVESTMENT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC721639 · ltd · incorporated 2022-02-01
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
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-125.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £125,406

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
Net Worth
-£125k
Current Assets
£9k
Current Liabilities
-£125k-£99k-£72k-£45k-£18k£9kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£149.0k
Current assets£8.9k
Cash£6.3k
Debtors£2.5k
Net assets£-125.4k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-05-04
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2023-04-18
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2022-02-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MC VEY AND BURNS PROPERTY INVESTMENT LTD
  8. 2022-02-01
    BURNS, James Robert appointed
    director
  9. 2022-02-01
    MCVEY, Steven Philip appointed
    director
  10. 2022-02-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.

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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Robert Burns
Individual · British · DOB 01/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/02/2022
Mr Steven Philip Mcvey
Individual · British · DOB 03/1988 · age 38
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/02/2022

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
Incorporated2022-02-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

80 Main Street
Alexandria
G83 0PB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURNS, James Robert
director · ~37y · appointed 2022-02-01
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Active
MCVEY, Steven Philip
director · ~38y · appointed 2022-02-01
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-04-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-02-01