SILVERBURN INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC362017 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-01
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of investment trusts
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
45 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-05-16
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  3. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2023-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As SILVERBURN INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  17. 2009-07-01
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, Elizabeth Anne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-07-01
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, David Thomas appointed
    director
  19. 2009-07-01
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, Elizabeth Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Thomas Mcconnell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/07/2016

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
Incorporated2009-07-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64301 — Activities of investment trusts

Registered office

104 Main Street
Prestwick
Ayrshire
KA9 1PA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MCCONNELL, Elizabeth Anne→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-01
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Active
MCCONNELL, David Thomas→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-07-01
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Active
MCCONNELL, Elizabeth Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-07-01
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Active

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Recent filings (45 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-19
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16