WINDSOR MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC202082 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-02
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£45.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £45,903
Cash YoY
+10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£38k
↑ 9.9% YoY
Net Worth
£46k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£57k
↑ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£11k£23k£34k£45k£57kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£45.9k£35.1k
Current assets£56.7k£35.1k
Cash£38.1k£34.7k
Debtors£18.5k£400
Net assets£45.9k£33.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-27
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  3. 2024-06-13
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  4. 2023-04-11
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  5. 2022-03-15
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  6. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-17
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    HEATHER, Nicola Louise appointed
    director
  8. 2021-03-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-03-17
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    officers · TM02
  10. 2020-11-27
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    LEATHEM, Joseph Lockhart resigned
    secretary
  11. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-23
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    address · AD01
  13. 2019-04-03
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  14. 2018-03-26
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  15. 2017-02-15
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  16. 2016-05-05
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  17. 2015-12-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 1999-12-03
    ➖
    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 1999-12-03
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    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 1999-12-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WINDSOR MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD
  21. 1999-12-02
    ➕
    LEATHEM, Derek Stuart appointed
    director
  22. 1999-12-02
    ➕
    LEATHEM, Joseph Lockhart appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-12-02
    ➕
    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-12-02
    ➕
    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Derek Stuart Leathem
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated1999-12-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

18 Campbell Road
Edinburgh
EH12 6DT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HEATHER, Nicola Louise→
director · ~57y · appointed 2021-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEATHEM, Derek Stuart→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEATHEM, Joseph Lockhart→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-02 · resigned 2020-11-27
Resigned
HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-02 · resigned 1999-12-03
Resigned
HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-12-02 · resigned 1999-12-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

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2026-04-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-27