THE BURDENS GROUP LIMITED
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Executive summary
The Burdens Group Limited was a mid-tier regional agricultural machinery dealer whose financial position deteriorated markedly through 2020-2022, with declining turnover, EBITDA nearly halving to £419k, and net current liabilities widening to £1.169m. Operating with gross margins of only 9.3% and an EBITDA margin of 1.7%, the business was structurally undercapitalised – carrying £12.8m of liabilities against just £1.27m in net assets. The combination of sector-wide headwinds (supply chain disruption, interest rate increases, agricultural policy uncertainty) and company-specific weaknesses (critically low cash, working capital deficit, excessive branch costs) appears to have overwhelmed the business, which is now in liquidation. This outcome reflects the unforgiving economics of agricultural equipment distribution, where thin margins and high working capital requirements leave operators with minimal resilience to adverse trading conditions.
Shareholders' funds
£1,269,987
Balance sheet as at 2022-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1982-08-31
- Registered office
- Suite 500 Unit 2, 94a Wycliffe Road, Northampton, NN1 5JF
- Postcode
- NN1 5JF
- Capital
- 1,000,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 5 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2022-12-31
- Next due by
- 2024-09-30 Overdue
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2024-03-12
- Next due by
- 2025-03-26 Overdue
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46140 Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
Officers 3 current · 26 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
Controlled by AGRITURF HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2017-12-18
-
AUK LIMITED Dissolved
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FIRST TRACTORS LIMITED Dissolved
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TURFLEET HIRE LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 3
£45,554,243 total awarded value where published.
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Contact details
- Website
- theburdensgroup.co.uk
- Phone
- 01245380311
Ernest Doe is an established family run New Holland and Case IH Agriculture, Hyundai Construction and Ransomes Groundcare Machinery Dealer with a network of 21 branches across East Anglia, the South East of England and East Midlands.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BURDENS TRACTORS LIMITED | 1996-09-27 |
| BURDENS TRACTORS (WRANGLE) LIMITED | 1989-03-08 |
| BURDENS IMEX LIMITED | 1984-06-15 |
| BESTKENT LIMITED | 1982-10-13 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 4TH FLOOR 65 KINGSWAY, LONDON, WC2B 6TD | 2011-08-31 |
| 7 ST JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, SW1Y 4JU | 2008-03-25 |
| 16A ST JAMES'S STREET, LONDON, SW1A 1ER | 1996-07-02 |
| SPALDING ROAD, SUTTERTON, BOSTON, LINCS PE20 2ET | 1989-08-17 |
| SPALDING ROAD, SUTTERTON, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE PE20 2ET | 1989-01-27 |
| NORTH END, SWINESHEAD, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE | 1988-11-08 |
The class of 1982
53%
of the 12,655 companies incorporated in 1982 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2021-01-11
- Where
- North Lincolnshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HS401776 | North Lincolnshire | Leasehold | 2021-01-11 | — |
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