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SC286723 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-06-28

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

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

32 officers (8 active, 32 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

110 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (78 events)Click to expand

2026-01-05
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officers · TM01
2025-11-21
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ROSS, Neal George resigned
director
2025-11-12
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accounts · AA
2025-06-25
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auditors · AUD
2025-04-21
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officers · AP01
2025-04-21
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officers · AP01
2025-04-21
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officers · TM01
2025-03-07
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officers · AP03
2025-03-06
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WALKER, Clara Ann appointed
secretary
2025-03-06
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officers · TM02
2025-03-04
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WALKER, Clara Ann resigned
secretary
2025-01-29
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KING, Karyn appointed
director
2025-01-29
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MCLAUGHLIN, Heather appointed
director
2025-01-29
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MCNAUGHTON, Lynne resigned
director
2025-01-15
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accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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officers · TM01
2024-10-18
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MITCHELL, Angela resigned
director
2023-12-21
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accounts · AA
2023-08-29
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officers · AP01
2023-08-29
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officers · AP01
2023-02-08
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ARCHIBALD, Rhonda appointed
director
2023-01-05
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accounts · AA
2022-12-07
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FULTON, Erin Louise appointed
director
2022-03-24
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officers · TM01
2022-03-24
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2022-03-22
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SCOTT, Nigel William resigned
director
2022-02-09
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WINSTONE, Sheila resigned
director
2021-12-14
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accounts · AA
2021-12-10
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officers · AP03
2021-12-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-10
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-12-08
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LAWSON, Roderick Graham resigned
secretary
2021-12-08
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WALKER, Clara Ann appointed
secretary
2021-12-08
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LAWSON, Roderick Graham resigned
director
2021-12-08
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ROBINSON, Katherine Penelope resigned
director
2021-07-14
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HAGLUND, Ylva Birgitta appointed
director
2021-07-14
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ROSS, Neal George appointed
director
2021-01-27
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PRESTON, Catherine resigned
director
2019-12-04
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BROOKS, Susan resigned
director
2019-05-01
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STEWART, Alan David appointed
director
2019-05-01
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BROOKS, Susan appointed
director
2019-05-01
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LAMOND, John David resigned
director
2019-05-01
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MCNAUGHTON, Lynne appointed
director
2019-05-01
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ROBINSON, Katherine Penelope appointed
director
2019-05-01
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SCOTT, Nigel William appointed
director
2019-02-27
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STOTT, Peter Edward Forrester resigned
director
2018-09-26
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MITCHELL, Angela appointed
director
2018-03-21
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TOLLEMACHE, Alasdair Murray Saxon resigned
director
2017-11-22
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SMITH, Paul Gerrard resigned
director

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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

-7 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 73 — 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 73 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2005-06-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Cameron House

Forthside Way

Stirling

FK8 1QZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-12

Last: 2025-06-28