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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒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
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-01-28
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2019-01-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-01-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-01-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-01-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2019-01-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-01-18
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    EVANS, Emma appointed
    director
  19. 2019-01-18
    ➕
    ROUGVIE, Cheryl appointed
    director
  20. 2019-01-18
    ➖
    MCGIVERN, Lynda Judith resigned
    secretary
  21. 2019-01-18
    ➖
    MCGIVERN, Lynda Judith resigned
    director
  22. 2019-01-18
    ➖
    MCKEOWN, Isabel Margaret resigned
    director
  23. 2018-10-12
    ➖
    OAG, Carole-Anne resigned
    director
  24. 2018-07-09
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    OAG, Carole-Anne appointed
    director
  25. 2005-02-01
    ➖
    SKENE EDWARDS WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-01-26
    ➕
    MCGIVERN, Lynda Judith appointed
    secretary
  27. 2005-01-26
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Robert Iain Ferguson resigned
    nominee-director
  28. 2005-01-26
    ➕
    MCGIVERN, Lynda Judith appointed
    director
  29. 2005-01-26
    ➕
    MCKEOWN, Isabel Margaret appointed
    director
  30. 2005-01-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMBITION CENTRE FOR TRAINING LIMITED
  31. 2005-01-24
    ➕
    SKENE EDWARDS WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2005-01-24
    ➕
    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