NEW PARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC028957 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1952-06-07

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 43.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Educational support services

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 43.8y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 43.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

51 officers (10 active, 51 linked, 46 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

190 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (109 events)Click to expand

2026-05-07
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2025-11-04
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CHILDS, Elizabeth Kirsteen resigned
director
2025-05-23
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officers · CH01
2025-05-22
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2025-04-30
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accounts · AA
2025-01-27
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HENDERSON BLACK & CO resigned
corporate-secretary
2025-01-27
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officers · TM02
2024-05-10
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accounts · AA
2023-02-24
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accounts · AA
2023-01-11
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officers · AP01
2023-01-09
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DONALDSON, Michael James appointed
director
2022-11-18
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2022-11-08
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2022-11-08
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2022-11-07
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LONG, Anne Violet Clark appointed
director
2022-11-07
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MACKENZIE, Gordon David appointed
director
2022-11-07
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DONALDSON, Michael Neil resigned
director
2022-09-15
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mortgage · MR04
2022-09-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2022-08-08
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mortgage · MR04
2022-08-08
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Charge satisfied #2
2022-03-03
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2022-02-24
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2022-02-07
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THAIN, Kathleen Blanche Day resigned
director
2021-08-17
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CARSLAW, Michael John Howie, Dr appointed
director
2021-08-03
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PIGHILLS, Christopher David resigned
director
2017-11-06
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OUSTON, Hugh Anfield appointed
director
2016-11-07
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THOMPSON, Bruce Kevin resigned
director
2016-07-27
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OGILVY, James Robert Bruce resigned
director
2015-08-10
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CALDERWOOD, Elizabeth Lilian appointed
director
2015-08-10
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KENNEDY, Dorothy Elizabeth appointed
director
2015-02-09
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ALLDRIDGE, Hamish Cameron resigned
director
2014-10-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bdw Trading Limited
2013-05-20
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CHILDS, Elizabeth Kirsteen appointed
director
2012-11-26
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ERSKINE, Catherine Jean Kilby, Lady resigned
director
2009-05-12
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QUINAULT, Francis Charles, Dr appointed
director
2009-05-12
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DONALDSON, Michael Neil appointed
director
2008-11-25
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FRAME, John Neil Munro resigned
director
2008-02-19
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SMITH, Derek Gardner resigned
director
2007-11-27
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CRAIK, Coral resigned
secretary
2007-11-27
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HENDERSON BLACK & CO appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-06-12
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ERSKINE, Catherine Jean Kilby, Lady appointed
director
2007-06-12
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FRAME, John Neil Munro appointed
director
2007-06-12
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PIGHILLS, Christopher David appointed
director
2007-06-12
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THAIN, Kathleen Blanche Day appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 74 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1952-06-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

Edenbank House, Crossgate

Cupar

Fife

KY15 5HW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-26

Last: 2025-11-12