COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (HIGHLANDS) LIMITED

📈Growthactive

SC210981 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-13

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

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 25.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

£4.08M

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · oldest 25.1y

75/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 25.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

18 officers (3 active, 18 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

115 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,154,365

Strong revenue growth

Turnover up 25% YoY

Turnover YoY

+25%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Turnover	£4.08M	£3.25M
Gross profit	£1.17M	£1.03M
Operating profit	£961.5k	£844.4k
Profit before tax	£1.15M	£1.05M
Average employees	200	200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (57 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-10
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-04-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-10-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-10-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-08-20
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HOPPS, Alastair William appointed
director
2018-08-20
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AUSTIN, Robert John resigned
director
2018-08-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2012-07-04
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Charge registered #7
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-07-04
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Charge registered #6
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-07-04
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-07-04
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-06-28
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PARRY, Alexander Toby Shedden appointed
secretary
2012-06-28
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PARRY, Alexander Toby Shedden appointed
director
2012-06-28
➖
BURNESS LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2012-06-28
➕
AUSTIN, Robert John appointed
director
2012-06-28
➖
PIGACHIE, Guy Roland Marc resigned
director
2012-06-28
➖
TANNER, Christopher James resigned
director
2008-10-29
➕
TANNER, Christopher James appointed
director
2008-10-29
➖
WOODBURY, Antonie Paul resigned
director
2006-09-01
➖
BULL, David Marcus resigned
director
2004-12-10
➖
LAWRIE, Edwin John resigned
secretary
2004-12-10
➕
BURNESS LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-12-10
➕
BULL, David Marcus appointed
director
2004-12-10
➖
HILTON, Paul Edward resigned
director
2004-12-10
➖
JACK, Ronald Gilfillan resigned
director
2004-12-10
➖
MACKINTOSH, William James resigned
director
2004-12-10
➖
MCLELLAN, Colin Warnock resigned
director
2004-12-10
➕
PIGACHIE, Guy Roland Marc appointed
director
2004-12-10
➕
WOODBURY, Antonie Paul appointed
director
2004-02-24
➕
MCLELLAN, Colin Warnock appointed
director
2003-04-30
➖
EYRE, David Alan resigned
director
2002-11-11
➕
HILTON, Paul Edward appointed
director
2002-11-11
➖
KAY, James David resigned
director
2001-06-12
➕
LAWRIE, Edwin John appointed
secretary
2001-06-12
➖
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-06-12
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2001-06-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2001-06-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2001-06-11
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CRAWFORD, Douglas James resigned
nominee-director

Showing most recent 50 of 57 events

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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 14 years.
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

1 low

7 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Community Schools Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Community Schools Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (HIGHLANDS) LIMITED

This company · SC210981

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Community Schools Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-09-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Dundas & Wilson Llp Saltire Court

20 Castle Terrace

Edinburgh

EH1 2EN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-24

Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (3 active · 15 resigned)

PARRY, Alexander Toby Shedden→

secretary · appointed 2012-06-28

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HOPPS, Alastair William→

director · ~40y · appointed 2018-08-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PARRY, Alexander Toby Shedden→

director · ~50y · appointed 2012-06-28

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LAWRIE, Edwin John→

secretary · appointed 2001-06-12 · resigned 2004-12-10

Resigned

BURNESS LLP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-10 · resigned 2012-06-28

Resigned

D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-13 · resigned 2001-06-12

Resigned

AUSTIN, Robert John→

director · ~62y · appointed 2012-06-28 · resigned 2018-08-20

Resigned

BULL, David Marcus→

director · ~60y · appointed 2004-12-10 · resigned 2006-09-01

Resigned

CRAWFORD, Douglas James→

nominee-director · ~61y · appointed 2000-09-13 · resigned 2001-06-11

Resigned

EYRE, David Alan→

director · ~88y · appointed 2001-06-11 · resigned 2003-04-30

Resigned

HILTON, Paul Edward→

director · ~60y · appointed 2002-11-11 · resigned 2004-12-10

Resigned

JACK, Ronald Gilfillan→

director · ~71y · appointed 2001-06-11 · resigned 2004-12-10

Resigned

KAY, James David→

director · ~89y · appointed 2001-06-11 · resigned 2002-11-11

Resigned

MACKINTOSH, William James→

director · ~67y · appointed 2001-06-11 · resigned 2004-12-10

Resigned

MCLELLAN, Colin Warnock→

director · ~83y · appointed 2004-02-24 · resigned 2004-12-10

Resigned

PIGACHIE, Guy Roland Marc→

director · ~66y · appointed 2004-12-10 · resigned 2012-06-28

Resigned

TANNER, Christopher James→

director · ~54y · appointed 2008-10-29 · resigned 2012-06-28

Resigned

WOODBURY, Antonie Paul→

director · ~66y · appointed 2004-12-10 · resigned 2008-10-29

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	04/07/2012	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	04/07/2012	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	04/07/2012	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	04/07/2012	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Borrowers assignation in security	1 property	12/06/2001	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Borrower fixed charge	1 property	12/06/2001	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	12/06/2001	—

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Recent filings (115 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-10

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-12-10

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2025-12-10

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-09

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-01-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-09-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2021-12-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-05-13