BURNSIDE RACING LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC840142 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-05
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: Activities of racehorse owners
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
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: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
6 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
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-02-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-06-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-05-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BURNSIDE RACING LTD
  6. 2025-03-05
    BURNSIDE, Heather appointed
    director
  7. 2025-03-05
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BURNSIDE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 1.1 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 58. 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Heather Burnside
Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/03/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Miss Chloe Burnsideceased 02/02/2026· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Jake Burnsideceased 02/02/2026· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2025-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93191 — Activities of racehorse owners

Registered office

29a Whitehill Village
Dalkeith
EH22 2QD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BURNSIDE, Heather
director · ~58y · appointed 2025-03-05
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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-05