BUSINESS EDUCATION SUPPORT TEAM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC238223 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-16

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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book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: General secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

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filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

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2023-07-18
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2022-08-09
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2020-06-29
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2019-07-25
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2002-10-16
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Company incorporated
As BUSINESS EDUCATION SUPPORT TEAM LIMITED
2002-10-16
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MITCHELL, Duncan appointed
secretary
2002-10-16
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MITCHELL, Duncan appointed
director
2002-10-16
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MITCHELL, Janette appointed
director
2002-10-16
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-16
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2002-10-16
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-10-16
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Duncan Mitchell Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Ms Janette Mitchell Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-10-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85310 — General secondary education

Registered office

21 Inchgower Road

Stepps

Glasgow

G33 6JB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-30

Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MITCHELL, Duncan→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-16

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Active

MITCHELL, Duncan→

director · ~54y · appointed 2002-10-16

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Active

MITCHELL, Janette→

director · ~54y · appointed 2002-10-16

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-16 · resigned 2002-10-16

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-16 · resigned 2002-10-16

Resigned

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