P C T PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC236643 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-10
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 23.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£5.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 23.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £5,372
Net assets shrinking
Down £904 YoY
Cash YoY
-2%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£7k
↓ 1.5% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 1.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.4k | £6.3k |
| Current assets | £6.7k | £6.8k |
| Cash | £6.7k | £6.8k |
| Net assets | £5.4k | £6.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-29➕PEDRESCHI, Remo appointeddirector
- 2023-05-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2016-04-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2016-03-31➖CRAIK, Alison resigneddirector
- 2003-03-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2002-09-10🏢Company incorporatedAs P C T PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
- 2002-09-10➕PEDRESCHI, Theresa appointedsecretary
- 2002-09-10➕PEDRESCHI, Theresa appointeddirector
- 2002-09-10➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-09-10➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-09-10➕CRAIK, Alison appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Remo Pedreschi Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/04/2024 |
Mrs Theresa Pedreschi Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 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.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-09-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.
Registered office
11 Craigmillar Park
Edinburgh
EH16 5PF
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
PEDRESCHI, Theresa→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-09-10
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PEDRESCHI, Remo→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2023-05-29
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PEDRESCHI, Theresa→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2002-09-10
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-10 · resigned 2002-09-10
CRAIK, Alison→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2002-09-10 · resigned 2016-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 18/03/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (65 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-20