INDEPENDENT TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC256315 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-19

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Nov 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Average employees	400	400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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 (24 events)Click to expand

2025-07-24
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2024-06-18
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2023-06-15
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2022-04-14
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accounts · AA
2021-05-26
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accounts · AA
2020-06-16
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accounts · AA
2019-07-29
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accounts · AA
2018-07-30
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accounts · AA
2017-07-21
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accounts · AA
2016-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-09-24
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-24
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address · AD01
2015-07-28
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accounts · AA
2014-09-22
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annual-return · AR01
2014-07-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2011-04-10
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WHITE, Gordon resigned
director
2003-09-19
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Company incorporated
As INDEPENDENT TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2003-09-19
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WHITE, Angela Marion appointed
secretary
2003-09-19
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WHITE, Angela Marion appointed
director
2003-09-19
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FIRSTSCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-09-19
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FIRSTSCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2003-09-19
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WHITE, Gordon appointed
director
2003-09-19
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2003-09-19
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Angela Marion White Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-09-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Springfield

Winchester Avenue

Denny

Stirlingshire

FK6 6QE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-02

Last: 2025-09-18

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WHITE, Angela Marion→

secretary · appointed 2003-09-19

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Active

WHITE, Angela Marion→

director · ~65y · appointed 2003-09-19

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Active

FIRSTSCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-09-19 · resigned 2003-09-19

Resigned

WHITE, Gordon→

director · ~65y · appointed 2003-09-19 · resigned 2011-04-10

Resigned

FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2003-09-19 · resigned 2003-09-19

Resigned

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