FET-LOR YOUTH CLUB

🌳Matureactive
SC179111 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1997-09-25
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 9.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
24 officers (3 active, 24 linked, 22 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees111000

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
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 3 officers
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 5 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-30
    THOMPSON, Keith Ritchie resigned
    director
  3. 2026-02-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-02-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-02-01
    SUMMERHAYES, Linda resigned
    director
  6. 2026-01-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-11-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2025-11-01
    GREGOR, Anna, Dr resigned
    director
  10. 2025-09-10
    BARRIE, Andrew resigned
    director
  11. 2025-09-10
    HAWLEY, Graham Robert Warder, Dr resigned
    director
  12. 2025-09-10
    ROSS, Simon Robert Alexander resigned
    director
  13. 2025-09-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2025-09-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2025-09-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2025-09-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2025-01-01
    YOUNG, Eric Macfie resigned
    director
  18. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2022-10-01
    MACLEOD, Ian Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2022-09-01
    FLYNN, Austin appointed
    director
  23. 2022-02-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2022-02-09
    SALVESEN, Alastair Eric Hotson resigned
    director
  25. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2021-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  27. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  28. 2019-12-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  29. 2019-12-11
    HARRISON, Helen Fraser appointed
    director
  30. 2019-12-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  31. 2019-09-05
    SUMMERHAYES, Linda appointed
    director
  32. 2019-06-30
    STANFORD, Geoffrey Edmund Orfeur resigned
    director
  33. 2019-03-06
    THOMPSON, Keith Ritchie appointed
    director
  34. 2018-09-05
    GREGOR, Anna, Dr appointed
    director
  35. 2017-12-04
    ROSS, Simon Robert Alexander appointed
    director
  36. 2017-11-06
    STANFORD, Geoffrey Edmund Orfeur appointed
    director
  37. 2017-10-30
    SPENS, Michael Colin Barkley resigned
    director
  38. 2016-06-01
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Resilient Scotland Limited as Trustee for the Jessica (Scotland) Trust
  39. 2014-11-19
    HAWLEY, Graham Robert Warder, Dr appointed
    director
  40. 2013-04-30
    HOGAN, Peter Anthony resigned
    director
  41. 2012-11-25
    MARTIN, Robert Logan resigned
    director
  42. 2012-11-25
    YOUNG, Eric Macfie appointed
    director
  43. 2010-11-02
    ARMSTRONG, Patricia Ann resigned
    secretary
  44. 2010-11-02
    ARMSTRONG, Patricia Ann resigned
    director
  45. 2009-11-16
    HOGAN, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  46. 2009-11-16
    MARTIN, Robert Logan appointed
    director
  47. 2008-09-29
    MAVOR, Michael Barclay resigned
    director
  48. 2008-06-14
    JOHNSTON, Alan Charles Macpherson resigned
    director
  49. 2002-07-10
    ARMSTRONG, Patricia Ann appointed
    secretary
  50. 2002-07-10
    REITH, David Stewart resigned
    secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 66 events

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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·
6 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

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

Evidence: BARRIE, Andrew resigned 2025-09-10; GREGOR, Anna, Dr resigned 2025-11-01; HAWLEY, Graham Robert Warder, Dr resigned 2025-09-10

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated1997-09-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

122 Crewe Road South
Edinburgh
EH4 2NY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (3 active · 21 resigned)

FLYNN, Austin
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-09-01
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Active
HARRISON, Helen Fraser
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-12-11
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Active
MACLEOD, Ian Robert
director · ~65y · appointed 2022-10-01
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Active
ARMSTRONG, Patricia Ann
secretary · appointed 2002-07-10 · resigned 2010-11-02
Resigned
REITH, David Stewart
secretary · appointed 1997-09-25 · resigned 2002-07-10
Resigned
ARMSTRONG, Patricia Ann
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-07-10 · resigned 2010-11-02
Resigned
BARRIE, Andrew
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-07-10 · resigned 2025-09-10
Resigned
BUDGE, Keith Joseph
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-11-17 · resigned 2000-11-15
Resigned
GREGOR, Anna, Dr
director · ~78y · appointed 2018-09-05 · resigned 2025-11-01
Resigned
HAWLEY, Graham Robert Warder, Dr
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-11-19 · resigned 2025-09-10
Resigned
HOGAN, Peter Anthony
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-11-16 · resigned 2013-04-30
Resigned
JOHNSTON, Alan Charles Macpherson
director · ~84y · appointed 1998-03-05 · resigned 2008-06-14
Resigned
MARTIN, Robert Logan
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-11-16 · resigned 2012-11-25
Resigned
MAVOR, Michael Barclay
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-11-12 · resigned 2008-09-29
Resigned
NASON, Jonathon Henry, Major
director · ~93y · appointed 1997-09-25 · resigned 1999-11-15
Resigned
REITH, David Stewart
director · ~75y · appointed 1997-09-25 · resigned 2002-07-10
Resigned
ROSS, Simon Robert Alexander
director · ~57y · appointed 2017-12-04 · resigned 2025-09-10
Resigned
SALVESEN, Alastair Eric Hotson
director · ~85y · appointed 1998-03-05 · resigned 2022-02-09
Resigned
SPENS, Michael Colin Barkley
director · ~76y · appointed 1998-11-16 · resigned 2017-10-30
Resigned
STANFORD, Geoffrey Edmund Orfeur
director · ~55y · appointed 2017-11-06 · resigned 2019-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Resilient Scotland as Trustee for the Jessica (Scotland) Trust
Resilient Scotland Limited as Trustee for the Jessica (Scotland) Trust
A registered charge1 property01/06/2016
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Recent filings (104 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17