SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES LAW INSTITUTE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC138353 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1992-05-19

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: First-degree level higher education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

72 officers (14 active, 72 linked, 66 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

228 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (151 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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2026-02-17
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2026-01-22
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officers · TM01
2026-01-22
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officers · AP01
2026-01-01
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TOWERS, Lynda Ann appointed
director
2025-11-20
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officers · TM01
2025-11-20
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officers · CH01
2025-11-20
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address · AD01
2025-11-01
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MCKERRELL, Nicholas Iain, Dr appointed
director
2025-10-03
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CONNOLLY, James resigned
director
2025-06-10
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officers · TM01
2025-06-02
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MERRILL, Alastair James Stuart resigned
director
2025-05-08
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ECCLES, Alan William resigned
director
2025-05-08
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officers · TM01
2025-02-12
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accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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2024-12-01
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ANDERSON, Ross Gilbert appointed
director
2024-07-01
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officers · TM01
2024-06-12
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HOOD, Kirsty Jane, Dr resigned
director
2024-02-01
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accounts · AA
2023-11-06
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2023-11-03
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2023-11-03
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2023-10-11
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officers · TM01
2023-09-15
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WOLFFE, Sarah Poyntell Labudde, Professor appointed
director
2023-09-11
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GORDON, Greg William, Professor appointed
director
2023-09-01
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BROWN, Jonathan resigned
director
2023-07-20
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officers · TM02
2023-06-30
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CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2023-06-30
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WILSON, Adelyn Lorraine Mckenzie, Dr. resigned
director
2023-01-30
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accounts · AA
2022-03-01
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accounts · AA
2020-02-18
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BLACKIE, John Walter Graham resigned
director
2020-02-18
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BROWN, Jonathan appointed
director
2019-03-01
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REID, James Gordon resigned
director
2019-01-28
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DA GIOIA-CARABELLESE, Pierdomenico, Dr resigned
director
2019-01-19
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EGAN-JUDGE, Maureen, Dr. appointed
director
2019-01-19
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MACGREGOR, Laura Jane, Prof appointed
director
2019-01-19
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CONNOLLY, James appointed
director
2019-01-19
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HOOD, Kirsty Jane, Dr appointed
director
2019-01-19
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WILSON, Adelyn Lorraine Mckenzie, Dr. appointed
director
2019-01-18
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AUCHIE, Derek Preston, Professor resigned
director
2019-01-18
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LITTLE, Gavin Forbes Macleod, Dr resigned
director
2019-01-18
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MACMILLAN, Moira Elizabeth resigned
director
2019-01-18
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REID, Kenneth Gilbert Cameron resigned
director
2018-09-27
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SINCLAIR, Murray Alexander resigned
director
2017-01-31
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PIPER, Ronald Allen, Professor resigned
director
2016-02-01
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MERRILL, Alastair James Stuart appointed
director
2015-01-22
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AUCHIE, Derek Preston, Professor appointed
director
2015-01-21
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EVANS-JONES, Robin, Professor resigned
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

-14 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: CONNOLLY, James resigned 2025-10-03; ECCLES, Alan William resigned 2025-05-08; MERRILL, Alastair James Stuart resigned 2025-06-02

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1992-05-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85421 — First-degree level higher education

Registered office

C/O Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie Llp

12 Hope Street

Edinburgh

EH2 4DB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-02

Last: 2025-05-19