ABC SCHOOLS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC281989 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-22

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 8 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.7y

60/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)

Directors & officers

32 officers (6 active, 32 linked, 27 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

30 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

146 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,569,348

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Turnover	—	£7.69M
Profit before tax	£1.57M	£1.36M
Average employees	0	0

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (87 events)Click to expand

2025-08-18
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accounts · AA
2025-02-20
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officers · CH04
2024-10-01
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WATT, Moray David appointed
director
2024-10-01
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officers · AP01
2024-10-01
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officers · TM01
2024-09-30
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CAMERON, Uilleam Fraser resigned
director
2024-08-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-12-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-12-12
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address · AD01
2023-12-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-11-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-31
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KNIGHT, Mark Jonathan appointed
director
2023-10-31
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SHELDRAKE, Peter John resigned
director
2023-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-01
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officers · AP01
2023-01-31
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DIX, Carl Harvey appointed
director
2023-01-31
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WRINN, John resigned
director
2022-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-02
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GILMOUR, David Fulton resigned
director
2021-11-02
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WRINN, John appointed
director
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-01
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PECK, Simon James Edward resigned
director
2018-06-29
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ASHBROOK, Philip Peter resigned
director
2018-06-29
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SHELDRAKE, Peter John appointed
director
2016-02-09
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ASHBROOK, Philip Peter appointed
director
2016-02-09
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BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2014-11-01
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CAMERON, Uilleam Fraser appointed
director
2014-10-31
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HOGG, Frederick Graeme resigned
director
2012-07-30
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PECK, Simon James Edward appointed
director
2012-03-27
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PECK, Simon James Edward resigned
director
2011-03-04
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GILMOUR, David Fulton appointed
director
2011-01-25
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BREMNER, Alexander George resigned
director
2010-12-22
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EXFORD, Colin Michael resigned
director
2010-12-22
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PECK, Simon James Edward appointed
director
2010-12-22
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BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2009-12-01
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EXFORD, Colin Michael appointed
director
2009-12-01
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PILLAY, Trusha resigned
director
2009-10-14
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CAVILL, John Ivor appointed
director
2009-10-14
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RITCHIE, Alan Campbell resigned
director
2009-10-01
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WATSON, William Iain resigned
director
2009-08-24
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INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-08-24
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MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2009-06-26
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LANCASTER, Keith David resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 87 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 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 71 — succession pressure is live.

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 71 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

1 low

8 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Project & Export Finance (Nominees) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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Abc Schools (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · board control

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ABC SCHOOLS LIMITED

This company · SC281989

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Project & Export Finance (Nominees) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016
Abc Schools (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	—	75–100%	board control75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-03-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Infrastructure Managers Limited 2nd Floor Drum Suite, Saltire Court

20 Castle Terrace

Edinburgh

EH1 2EN

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-04

Last: 2026-04-20