BURNSIDE OF AE LIMITED

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SC820909 · ltd · incorporated 2024-08-28
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (52/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-25
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2024-08-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BURNSIDE OF AE LIMITED
  3. 2024-08-28
    MILBURN WOOD, Isolde Buttercup appointed
    secretary
  4. 2024-08-28
    WOOD, Beatrix Alexandra appointed
    director
  5. 2024-08-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 1.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Beatrix Alexandra Wood
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/08/2024

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
Incorporated2024-08-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Burnside Farm
Parkgate
Dumfries
DG1 3LU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-28
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-10
Last: 2025-08-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MILBURN WOOD, Isolde Buttercup
secretary · appointed 2024-08-28
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Active
WOOD, Beatrix Alexandra
director · ~61y · appointed 2024-08-28
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Active

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Recent filings (3 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-03-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-08-28