ALBUR PROPERTIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC116314 · ltd · incorporated 1989-02-20
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 33.2y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
70
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-01
    BURGOYNE, Alice Ann resigned
    director
  4. 2024-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-19
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2016-11-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2016-11-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2016-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-11-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 1993-01-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  18. 1989-02-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALBUR PROPERTIES LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

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

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Burgoyne Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ALBUR PROPERTIES LIMITED
This company · SC116314

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
Burgoyne Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-02-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

80 Fulbar Street
Renfrew
PA4 8PA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BURGOYNE, Alexander
secretary
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Active
BURGOYNE, Alexander
director · ~79y
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Active
BURGOYNE, Alice Ann
director · ~76y · resigned 2025-05-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property20/01/1993
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Recent filings (86 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-04