TARGET TRAINING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC165047 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-19
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,187
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,810 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1k
↓ 83% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£5k£7k£9k£11kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1.2k£7.0k
Current assets£5.7k£11.3k
Net assets£1.2k£7.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-14
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  3. 2024-01-08
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  4. 2023-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-01-10
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  6. 2020-12-15
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  7. 2020-11-10
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    address · AD01
  8. 2020-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2018-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-09
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    officers · AP04
  12. 2017-11-09
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    officers · TM02
  13. 2017-10-27
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    DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  14. 2017-10-27
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    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  15. 2017-05-17
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  16. 2017-05-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2017-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2007-11-09
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    IAIN SMITH & COMPANY resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2007-11-09
    ➕
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2001-06-30
    ➖
    O SULLIVAN, Alison resigned
    director
  21. 1999-12-15
    ➖
    GRANT, Joanne resigned
    director
  22. 1998-12-24
    ➖
    REID, David Andrew resigned
    director
  23. 1997-03-31
    ➖
    REID, David Robertson resigned
    director
  24. 1996-05-09
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    CHANNON, Michael John appointed
    director
  25. 1996-05-09
    ➕
    MILES, Dorothy appointed
    director
  26. 1996-05-09
    ➕
    GRANT, Joanne appointed
    director
  27. 1996-05-09
    ➕
    O SULLIVAN, Alison appointed
    director
  28. 1996-05-09
    ➕
    REID, David Robertson appointed
    director
  29. 1996-05-09
    ➕
    REID, David Andrew appointed
    director
  30. 1996-05-09
    ➖
    ROXBURGH, Roy resigned
    nominee-director
  31. 1996-04-19
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    Company incorporated
    As TARGET TRAINING LIMITED
  32. 1996-04-19
    ➕
    IAIN SMITH & COMPANY appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1996-04-19
    ➕
    ROXBURGH, Roy appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
Dorothy Miles
Individual · British · DOB 11/1949 · age 77
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Michael John Channon
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 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
Incorporated1996-04-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

1 George Square
Glasgow
G2 1AL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2017-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHANNON, Michael John→
director · ~65y · appointed 1996-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILES, Dorothy→
director · ~77y · appointed 1996-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IAIN SMITH & COMPANY→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-04-19 · resigned 2007-11-09
Resigned
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-09 · resigned 2017-10-27
Resigned
GRANT, Joanne→
director · ~58y · appointed 1996-05-09 · resigned 1999-12-15
Resigned
O SULLIVAN, Alison→
director · ~61y · appointed 1996-05-09 · resigned 2001-06-30
Resigned
REID, David Robertson→
director · ~88y · appointed 1996-05-09 · resigned 1997-03-31
Resigned
REID, David Andrew→
director · ~84y · appointed 1996-05-09 · resigned 1998-12-24
Resigned
ROXBURGH, Roy→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-04-19 · resigned 1996-05-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-28