FORBES CP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC183591 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-05
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 27.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£2.65M
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 27.6y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
117 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,652,577
Cash YoY
+63%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↑ 63% YoY
Net Worth
£2.7m
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£531k£1.1m£1.6m£2.1m£2.7mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£2.83M£2.56M
Current assets£1.62M£1.33M
Cash£1.06M£648.9k
Debtors£563.5k£681.5k
Net assets£2.65M£2.38M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-03-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-11-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-11-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2024-11-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2023-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-07-14
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2022-05-16
    ➖
    DURIEZ, Michael John resigned
    secretary
  15. 2022-01-20
    ➕
    DURIEZ, Caroline Margaret appointed
    director
  16. 2022-01-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-10-06
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  19. 2021-10-06
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2021-10-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  21. 2021-09-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  22. 2021-09-18
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    DURIEZ, John Christopher Aubin resigned
    secretary
  23. 2021-09-17
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    capital · SH06
  24. 2021-09-17
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  25. 2021-03-08
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    DURIEZ, Anne Therese Elizabeth Monro resigned
    director
  26. 2019-07-01
    ➕
    DURIEZ, John Christopher Aubin appointed
    secretary
  27. 2013-09-03
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  28. 2013-08-01
    ➕
    DURIEZ, Peter Charles Anthony Beale appointed
    director
  29. 2013-07-31
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    Charge satisfied #2
  30. 2013-07-29
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  31. 2013-07-29
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  32. 2008-02-07
    ➖
    DURIEZ, Anne Therese Elizabeth Monro resigned
    secretary
  33. 2008-02-07
    ➕
    DURIEZ, Michael John appointed
    secretary
  34. 2008-02-07
    ➖
    MONRO-DAVIES, Anne Margaret resigned
    director
  35. 2008-02-07
    ➖
    MONRO-DAVIS, Anthony Robin Dominic resigned
    director
  36. 1998-11-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  37. 1998-10-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  38. 1998-10-29
    ➕
    DURIEZ, Anne Therese Elizabeth Monro appointed
    secretary
  39. 1998-10-29
    ➖
    MONRO-DAVIS, Anthony Robin Dominic resigned
    secretary
  40. 1998-10-29
    ➕
    DURIEZ, Anne Therese Elizabeth Monro appointed
    director
  41. 1998-03-11
    ➕
    MONRO-DAVIS, Anthony Robin Dominic appointed
    secretary
  42. 1998-03-11
    ➖
    ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL & HARLEY resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  43. 1998-03-11
    ➖
    BLACK, Douglas Maclean resigned
    nominee-director
  44. 1998-03-11
    ➕
    MONRO-DAVIES, Anne Margaret appointed
    director
  45. 1998-03-11
    ➕
    MONRO-DAVIS, Anthony Robin Dominic appointed
    director
  46. 1998-03-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FORBES CP LIMITED
  47. 1998-03-05
    ➕
    ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL & HARLEY appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  48. 1998-03-05
    ➕
    BLACK, Douglas Maclean appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Christopher Aubin Duriez
Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest01/10/2024
Mr Mark Dickson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest01/10/2024
Mrs Caroline Margaret Duriez
Individual · Irish · DOB 10/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2021
Mr Peter Charles Anthony Beale Duriez
Individual · British · DOB 04/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest03/03/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr John Christopher Aubin Duriezceased 03/08/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Anne Therese Elizabeth Monro Duriezceased 03/03/2021· 50-75% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

12 Claremont Park
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH6 7PJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

DURIEZ, Caroline Margaret→
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DURIEZ, Peter Charles Anthony Beale→
director · ~44y · appointed 2013-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DURIEZ, Anne Therese Elizabeth Monro→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-29 · resigned 2008-02-07
Resigned
DURIEZ, John Christopher Aubin→
secretary · appointed 2019-07-01 · resigned 2021-09-18
Resigned
DURIEZ, Michael John→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-07 · resigned 2022-05-16
Resigned
MONRO-DAVIS, Anthony Robin Dominic→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-11 · resigned 1998-10-29
Resigned
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL & HARLEY→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-05 · resigned 1998-03-11
Resigned
BLACK, Douglas Maclean→
nominee-director · ~67y · appointed 1998-03-05 · resigned 1998-03-11
Resigned
DURIEZ, Anne Therese Elizabeth Monro→
director · ~77y · appointed 1998-10-29 · resigned 2021-03-08
Resigned
MONRO-DAVIES, Anne Margaret→
director · ~87y · appointed 1998-03-11 · resigned 2008-02-07
Resigned
MONRO-DAVIS, Anthony Robin Dominic→
director · ~86y · appointed 1998-03-11 · resigned 2008-02-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property03/09/2013—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property29/07/2013—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property06/11/199831/07/2013
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property30/10/199829/07/2013
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Recent filings (117 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12