W2 TRAINING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC194909 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£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 employees100100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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  2. 2025-11-14
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  3. 2024-12-19
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  4. 2023-10-30
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  5. 2022-12-09
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  6. 2021-09-06
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  7. 2020-12-01
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  8. 2019-11-06
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  9. 2018-12-13
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  10. 2017-11-16
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  11. 2017-08-31
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  12. 2017-08-31
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2017-08-18
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    COWX, Jasmine Elizabeth appointed
    director
  14. 2017-08-18
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    MORRIS, Joshua Benedict appointed
    director
  15. 2016-12-15
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  16. 2016-03-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-06-15
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    ROE, Elizabeth June resigned
    secretary
  19. 1999-04-13
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    MORRIS, Melanie Jane appointed
    director
  20. 1999-04-13
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    ROE, Elizabeth June appointed
    secretary
  21. 1999-04-13
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    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-04-13
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    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
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  23. 1999-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As W2 TRAINING LIMITED
  24. 1999-04-01
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    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-04-01
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    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Melanie Jane Morris
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-04-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Grange Of Elcho
Rhynd
Perth
PH2 8QJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

COWX, Jasmine Elizabeth→
director · ~36y · appointed 2017-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRIS, Joshua Benedict→
director · ~31y · appointed 2017-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRIS, Melanie Jane→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROE, Elizabeth June→
secretary · appointed 1999-04-13 · resigned 2013-06-15
Resigned
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 1999-04-13
Resigned
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 1999-04-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-06