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SC100529 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1986-08-18

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 24.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

27 officers (5 active, 27 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

138 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	9	1000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand

2025-12-03
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accounts · AA
2025-09-10
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officers · TM01
2025-09-01
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BULLOCH, Ian Gardner Louden resigned
director
2024-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-02
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EWART, Peter David Walker appointed
director
2022-02-02
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BULLOCH, Ian Gardner Louden appointed
director
2021-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-12
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MCKENZIE, Gregor resigned
director
2020-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-11
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MCMILLAN, Iris Christine Mary resigned
director
2020-03-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-05-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-05-17
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LESENGER, Carole appointed
director
2019-05-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-04-30
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RONGONG, Tembu Namderr, Rev resigned
director
2018-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-11-29
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BRUCE, Elspeth appointed
director
2016-11-23
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INGLIS, Isobel Jean resigned
director
2015-12-09
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CARTWRIGHT, Barbara resigned
director
2015-12-09
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RONGONG, Tembu Namderr, Rev appointed
director
2013-09-08
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CHOUDHURY, Muzammel Hasan resigned
secretary
2013-09-08
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CHOUDHURY, Muzammel Hasan resigned
director
2005-01-27
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MCKENZIE, Gregor appointed
director
2003-11-26
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MCCULLOCH, Andrew Grant resigned
director
2002-02-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2000-08-31
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MCMILLAN, Iris Christine Mary appointed
director
2000-06-28
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MCCULLOCH, Andrew Grant appointed
director
1999-11-25
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SWANSON, Ian resigned
director
1996-09-26
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TURNBULL, Anne resigned
director
1996-03-26
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EDMOND, Yvonne Alison appointed
director
1996-03-26
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WOOD, Marion appointed
director
1995-09-26
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SMITH, Sophie Madeleine resigned
director
1995-04-25
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CHOUDHURY, Muzammel Hasan appointed
secretary
1995-04-25
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READ, Caroline resigned
secretary
1995-04-25
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READ, Caroline resigned
director
1994-02-08
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HOLMYARD, Christine resigned
director
1993-06-30
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CARTWRIGHT, Barbara appointed
director
1993-06-30
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CHOUDHURY, Muzammel Hasan appointed
director
1993-06-30
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HOLMYARD, Christine appointed
director
1993-06-30
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SMITH, Sophie Madeleine appointed
director
1993-04-01
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GRANT, Rodney Arthur resigned
director
1993-04-01
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SHARP, Ronald resigned
director
1992-05-01
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DOWNIE, Frederick resigned
secretary

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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1986-08-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

Norton Park

57 Albion Road

Edinburgh

EH7 5QY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-12

Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (5 active · 22 resigned)

BRUCE, Elspeth→

director · ~77y · appointed 2017-11-29

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

EDMOND, Yvonne Alison→

director · ~73y · appointed 1996-03-26

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Active

EWART, Peter David Walker→

director · ~48y · appointed 2022-02-02

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Active

LESENGER, Carole→

director · ~71y · appointed 2019-05-17

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Active

WOOD, Marion→

director · ~70y · appointed 1996-03-26

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Active

CHOUDHURY, Muzammel Hasan→

secretary · appointed 1995-04-25 · resigned 2013-09-08

Resigned

DOWNIE, Frederick→

secretary · resigned 1992-05-01

Resigned

READ, Caroline→

secretary · appointed 1992-05-01 · resigned 1995-04-25

Resigned

BULLOCH, Ian Gardner Louden→

director · ~79y · appointed 2022-02-02 · resigned 2025-09-01

Resigned

CARTWRIGHT, Barbara→

director · ~88y · appointed 1993-06-30 · resigned 2015-12-09

Resigned

CHOUDHURY, Muzammel Hasan→

director · ~68y · appointed 1993-06-30 · resigned 2013-09-08

Resigned

DOWNIE, Frederick→

director · resigned 1990-05-17

Resigned

GRANT, Rodney Arthur→

director · ~100y · resigned 1993-04-01

Resigned

HALL, Doreen→

director · resigned 1991-05-17

Resigned

HOLMYARD, Christine→

director · ~73y · appointed 1993-06-30 · resigned 1994-02-08

Resigned

INGLIS, Isobel Jean→

director · ~94y · resigned 2016-11-23

Resigned

KEHOE, Sue→

director · resigned 1990-05-17

Resigned

MCCULLOCH, Andrew Grant→

director · ~74y · appointed 2000-06-28 · resigned 2003-11-26

Resigned

MCKENZIE, Gregor→

director · ~73y · appointed 2005-01-27 · resigned 2021-10-12

Resigned

MCMILLAN, Iris Christine Mary→

director · ~68y · appointed 2000-08-31 · resigned 2020-03-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	28/02/2002	—

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Recent filings (138 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-03

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-09-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-01-04

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-12-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-28

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-02-07

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-02-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-12-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2021-10-20