AMBITION CENTRE FOR TRAINING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC278778 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-24

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 79/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-01-28
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-01-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-01-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-01-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-01-28
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-01-28
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-01-18
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EVANS, Emma appointed
director
2019-01-18
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ROUGVIE, Cheryl appointed
director
2019-01-18
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MCGIVERN, Lynda Judith resigned
secretary
2019-01-18
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MCGIVERN, Lynda Judith resigned
director
2019-01-18
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MCKEOWN, Isabel Margaret resigned
director
2018-10-12
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OAG, Carole-Anne resigned
director
2018-07-09
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OAG, Carole-Anne appointed
director
2005-02-01
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SKENE EDWARDS WS resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-01-26
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MCGIVERN, Lynda Judith appointed
secretary
2005-01-26
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MACDONALD, Robert Iain Ferguson resigned
nominee-director
2005-01-26
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MCGIVERN, Lynda Judith appointed
director
2005-01-26
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MCKEOWN, Isabel Margaret appointed
director
2005-01-24
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Company incorporated
As AMBITION CENTRE FOR TRAINING LIMITED
2005-01-24
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SKENE EDWARDS WS appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-01-24
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MACDONALD, Robert Iain Ferguson appointed
nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-01-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

61a Prinlaws Road

Leslie

Glenrothes

KY6 3BL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

EVANS, Emma→

director · ~58y · appointed 2019-01-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ROUGVIE, Cheryl→

director · ~55y · appointed 2019-01-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCGIVERN, Lynda Judith→

secretary · appointed 2005-01-26 · resigned 2019-01-18

Resigned

SKENE EDWARDS WS→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-24 · resigned 2005-02-01

Resigned

MACDONALD, Robert Iain Ferguson→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 2005-01-24 · resigned 2005-01-26

Resigned

MCGIVERN, Lynda Judith→

director · ~70y · appointed 2005-01-26 · resigned 2019-01-18

Resigned

MCKEOWN, Isabel Margaret→

director · ~72y · appointed 2005-01-26 · resigned 2019-01-18

Resigned

OAG, Carole-Anne→

director · ~76y · appointed 2018-07-09 · resigned 2018-10-12

Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-24

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-10-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-24

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-10-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-08-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-17

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-09-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-03-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-09-23