DISCOVERY COACHING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC207760 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-05
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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 employees2200

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-04
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    address · AD01
  3. 2025-06-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  8. 2020-10-08
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  9. 2019-10-25
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  10. 2018-09-27
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  11. 2017-11-02
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  12. 2016-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
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  13. 2016-06-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-11-19
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-06-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-04-04
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    FROST, Valerie Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2002-05-20
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    FROST, Valerie Ann appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-05-20
    ➖
    FROST, Jonathan Robert resigned
    secretary
  20. 2001-06-04
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    MIAN, Iftikar resigned
    director
  21. 2000-06-05
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    Company incorporated
    As DISCOVERY COACHING LIMITED
  22. 2000-06-05
    ➕
    FROST, Jonathan Robert appointed
    director
  23. 2000-06-05
    ➕
    FROST, Jonathan Robert appointed
    secretary
  24. 2000-06-05
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-06-05
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-06-05
    ➕
    MIAN, Iftikar appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 64. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Robert Frost
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Valerie Ann Frost
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
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
Incorporated2000-06-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

21 Plewlandcroft
South Queensferry
Edinburgh
EH30 9RG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

FROST, Valerie Ann→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FROST, Jonathan Robert→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FROST, Valerie Ann→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FROST, Jonathan Robert→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-05 · resigned 2002-05-20
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-05 · resigned 2000-06-05
Resigned
MIAN, Iftikar→
director · ~56y · appointed 2000-06-05 · resigned 2001-06-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-25