BALANCED PERCEPTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC286711 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-27
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
44 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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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  2. 2025-03-30
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  3. 2024-03-31
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  4. 2023-03-31
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  5. 2022-03-30
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  6. 2021-07-28
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  7. 2020-04-20
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  8. 2019-03-29
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  9. 2017-07-27
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  10. 2016-07-23
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  11. 2015-07-07
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  12. 2015-07-07
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  13. 2014-07-02
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  14. 2014-07-02
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  15. 2005-06-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BALANCED PERCEPTIONS LIMITED
  16. 2005-06-27
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    MACDONALD, Angela appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-06-27
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    MACDONALD, Angela appointed
    director
  18. 2005-06-27
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    MACDONALD, Roderick appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roderick Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence01/07/2016
Mrs Angela Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence01/07/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-06-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Porterfield Road
Inverness
IV2 3HW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-01
Last: 2026-06-17

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MACDONALD, Angela→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-27
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MACDONALD, Angela→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-06-27
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MACDONALD, Roderick→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-06-27
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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-17