NORTH EAST FISHERMEN'S TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC278853 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-01-25

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

£417.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

34 officers (9 active, 34 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

113 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £417,898

Cash YoY

+3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£391k

↑ 2.5% YoY

Net Worth

£418k

↑ 1.3% YoY

Current Assets

£411k

↑ 2.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£417.9k	£412.6k
Current assets	£411.1k	£401.8k
Cash	£391.0k	£381.4k
Debtors	£20.0k	£20.5k
Net assets	£417.9k	£412.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (79 events)Click to expand

2026-03-04
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MILNE, David Taylor appointed
director
2026-03-04
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officers · AP01
2026-02-24
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officers · CH01
2026-02-24
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officers · CH01
2026-02-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-11
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accounts · AA
2025-09-03
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address · AD01
2025-08-04
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officers · AP01
2025-08-04
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officers · TM01
2025-07-24
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BELLANY, David Alexander appointed
director
2025-07-24
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TAIT, Nicholas resigned
director
2025-01-27
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officers · TM01
2025-01-24
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BALGOWAN, Ian James resigned
director
2025-01-23
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officers · TM01
2024-12-05
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accounts · AA
2024-05-02
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THAIN, Bruce resigned
director
2024-02-06
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officers · AP01
2024-02-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-05
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WEST, Alexander George appointed
director
2024-02-05
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GATT, Ian resigned
director
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
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accounts · AA
2021-07-29
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accounts · AA
2021-05-25
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2021-05-25
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officers · CH01
2020-09-21
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officers · AP01
2020-09-01
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WEST, George appointed
director
2020-06-18
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MILNE, David Taylor resigned
director
2020-06-18
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TAIT, Nicholas appointed
director
2020-06-18
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WEST, George Robertson resigned
director
2018-11-09
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CARDNO, Derek Alister appointed
director
2018-11-09
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WEST, Jonathan Peter William appointed
director
2018-11-09
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TAYLOR, Graham Joseph resigned
director
2018-11-09
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WISEMAN, Alexander resigned
director
2018-08-08
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CAMPBELL, Andrew appointed
director
2018-03-31
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SCOTT, John Sutherland resigned
director
2016-04-28
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DOUGAL, Robert Ross resigned
director
2015-01-29
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TAYLOR, Graham Joseph appointed
director
2014-07-31
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BROWN, James Hamilton resigned
director
2013-11-30
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WATT, James resigned
secretary
2011-10-27
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DOUGAL, Robert Ross appointed
director
2011-07-21
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REID (SNR), James appointed
director
2011-07-21
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LOVIE, David resigned
director
2010-04-29
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DUTHIE, Derek resigned
director
2010-04-29
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GATT, Ian appointed
director
2010-04-29
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MILNE, David Taylor appointed
director
2009-07-23
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BROWN, James Hamilton appointed
director
2009-07-23
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MCPHERSON, Hamish More resigned
director
2009-07-23
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NICOL, Philip Aitchison resigned
director
2008-11-06
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NICOL, Philip Aitchison resigned
secretary

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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CHOICES ABERDEEN LIMITED→ SC307363 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	81	72y
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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7 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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2005-01-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

Kinnaird House

South Harbour Road

Fraserburgh

Aberdeenshire

AB43 9TA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-05

Last: 2026-01-22