BIRKWOOD PLANT TRAINING LTD.

🌳Matureactive
06316096 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-18
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
£343.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.4y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £343,710
Net assets shrinking
Down £70,096 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£344k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£241k
↑ 112% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£83k£166k£248k£331k£414kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£397.5k£548.8k
Current assets£241.1k£113.9k
Cash—£2.4k
Debtors£200.8k£106.1k
Net assets£343.7k£413.8k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-02-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Allica Bank Limited
  4. 2024-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-16
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  6. 2022-06-30
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  7. 2021-04-28
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  8. 2020-06-01
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  9. 2019-07-03
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  10. 2018-05-24
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  11. 2017-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-22
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-19
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    address · AD01
  14. 2015-10-28
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    address · AD01
  15. 2015-07-24
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-04-01
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    RAMSKILL, Mark Simon appointed
    director
  17. 2009-04-01
    ➕
    RAMSKILL, Sally Anne appointed
    director
  18. 2009-04-01
    ➖
    TRUSCOTT, Lorraine resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-04-01
    ➖
    TRUSCOTT, Robert James resigned
    director
  20. 2007-07-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BIRKWOOD PLANT TRAINING LTD.
  21. 2007-07-18
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    TRUSCOTT, Lorraine appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-07-18
    ➕
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-07-18
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-07-18
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    TRUSCOTT, Robert James appointed
    director
  25. 2007-07-18
    ➕
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2007-07-18
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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 19 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 Sally Anne Ramskill
Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Mark Simon Ramskill
Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-07-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

Birkwood House Farm 22 Weeland Road
Crofton
Wakefield
Yorkshire
WF4 1LN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

RAMSKILL, Mark Simon→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAMSKILL, Sally Anne→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRUSCOTT, Lorraine→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-18 · resigned 2009-04-01
Resigned
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-07-18 · resigned 2007-07-18
Resigned
TRUSCOTT, Robert James→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-07-18 · resigned 2009-04-01
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-07-18 · resigned 2007-07-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Allica Bank
Allica Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property18/02/2025—
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Recent filings (58 total)

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2025-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
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mortgage · MR01
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-03