NATIONWIDE TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC248742 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-02
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
£282
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
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
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £282

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£282
~ YoY
Current Assets
£282
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£56£113£169£226£282Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£282£282
Current assets£282£282
Net assets£282£282

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2023-10-25
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  3. 2022-10-19
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  4. 2021-10-04
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2020-12-16
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  6. 2020-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2018-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2018-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-04
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    officers · TM02
  10. 2018-04-01
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    ROBERTSON, Moira Catherine resigned
    secretary
  11. 2017-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-04-06
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-05-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-05-05
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-06-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-10-01
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    DEAN, Ginette appointed
    director
  19. 2008-07-01
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    ADAMSON, Margaret resigned
    secretary
  20. 2008-07-01
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Moira Catherine appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-07-01
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    ADAMSON, Margaret resigned
    director
  22. 2005-04-21
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    ADAMSON, Margaret appointed
    director
  23. 2005-02-01
    ➕
    ADAMSON, Margaret appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-02-01
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    GLEN DRUMMOND SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2003-05-02
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    Company incorporated
    As NATIONWIDE TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED
  26. 2003-05-02
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    DEAN, Ian Michael appointed
    director
  27. 2003-05-02
    ➕
    GLEN DRUMMOND SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2003-05-02
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-05-02
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Michael Dean
Individual · British · DOB 12/1950 · age 76
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/05/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

12 Dunlop Square
Deans Industrial Estate
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 8SB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-16
Last: 2025-05-02

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

DEAN, Ginette→
director · ~75y · appointed 2013-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEAN, Ian Michael→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADAMSON, Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-01 · resigned 2008-07-01
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Moira Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-01 · resigned 2018-04-01
Resigned
GLEN DRUMMOND SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-05-02 · resigned 2005-02-01
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-02 · resigned 2003-05-02
Resigned
ADAMSON, Margaret→
director · ~81y · appointed 2005-04-21 · resigned 2008-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-06-29