INVERNESS FIRST AID SCHOOL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC259548 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-20
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-11-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-11-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2003-11-20🏢Company incorporatedAs INVERNESS FIRST AID SCHOOL LIMITED
- 2003-11-20➕MCKAIN, Pat appointedsecretary
- 2003-11-20➕MCKAIN, Mark appointeddirector
- 2003-11-20➕MCKAIN, Pat appointeddirector
- 2003-11-20➕FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-11-20➖FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-11-20➕FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-11-20➖FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
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 22 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 candidateStrong 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Mark Mckain Individual · British · DOB 09/1954 · age 72 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 20/11/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Pat Mckainceased 17/05/2022· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-11-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities
Registered office
The Norton Centre
Poynernook Road
Aberdeen
AB11 5RW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
MCKAIN, Mark→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2003-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-20 · resigned 2003-11-20
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-20 · resigned 2003-11-20
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Recent filings (56 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-30