BURTON MILLAR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC134755 · ltd · incorporated 1991-10-30
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£298.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
83 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £298,039

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£298k
↑ 5.2% YoY
Current Assets
£89k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£60k£119k£179k£238k£298kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£299.9k£285.2k
Current assets£89.1k£109.8k
Net assets£298.0k£283.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-13
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  3. 2023-11-08
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  4. 2023-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-12-02
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  6. 2021-11-01
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    address · AD04
  7. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2020-11-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2019-07-16
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  11. 2018-08-30
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  12. 2017-08-31
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  13. 2016-07-26
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-09
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  15. 2015-10-12
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-08-18
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    MILLAR, Lisa Jane appointed
    director
  17. 2010-03-31
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    BURTON MILLAR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  18. 2009-04-01
    ➕
    BURTON MILLAR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  19. 1991-10-31
    ➕
    MILLAR, John Burton appointed
    director
  20. 1991-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BURTON MILLAR LIMITED
  21. 1991-10-30
    ➕
    MILLAR, Lisa Jane appointed
    secretary
  22. 1991-10-30
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1991-10-30
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1991-10-30
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 1991-10-30
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +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 "MILLAR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +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

96/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lisa Jane Millar
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2016
Mr John Burton Millar
Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2016

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
Incorporated1991-10-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Cul Mhor South Crieff Road
Comrie
Crieff
PH6 2HF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MILLAR, Lisa Jane→
secretary · appointed 1991-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLAR, John Burton→
director · ~71y · appointed 1991-10-31
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Active
MILLAR, Lisa Jane→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-08-18
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-10-30 · resigned 1991-10-30
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1991-10-30 · resigned 1991-10-30
Resigned
BURTON MILLAR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2009-04-01 · resigned 2010-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-13