LEISURE EDUCATION

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SC087812 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1984-04-30
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£0
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 88990Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
  • 90010Performing arts
  • 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£0
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-30
Total assets£0
Net assets£0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-20
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2024-11-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-08-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 1998-06-14
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    GALLANT, David appointed
    secretary
  17. 1998-06-14
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    GALLANT, David appointed
    director
  18. 1998-06-14
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    ANDERSON, Thomas Ronald resigned
    secretary
  19. 1994-10-11
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Thomas Ronald appointed
    secretary
  20. 1994-10-11
    ➖
    GALLANT, David resigned
    secretary
  21. 1994-10-11
    ➖
    GALLANT, David resigned
    director
  22. 1984-04-30
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    Company incorporated
    As LEISURE EDUCATION

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — 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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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
Incorporated1984-04-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

3 Glencruitten Court
Oban
Argyll
PA34 4ET

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

GALLANT, David→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-14
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Active
ANDERSON, Thomas Ronald→
director · ~80y
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Active
GALLANT, David→
director · ~87y · appointed 1998-06-14
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Active
ONG, Siok Lan→
director · ~70y
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Active
TAN, Seng Chye→
director · ~70y
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Active
ANDERSON, Thomas Ronald→
secretary · appointed 1994-10-11 · resigned 1998-06-14
Resigned
GALLANT, David→
secretary · resigned 1994-10-11
Resigned
GALLANT, David→
director · ~87y · resigned 1994-10-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (104 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-23