UTEACH LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC304740 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-29
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 19.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£341.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £341,592
Cash YoY
+72%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£113k
↑ 72% YoY
Net Worth
£342k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
£230k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £399.3k | £417.4k |
| Current assets | £229.6k | £163.1k |
| Cash | £113.2k | £65.7k |
| Debtors | £116.4k | £97.4k |
| Net assets | £341.6k | £337.3k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2024-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-03-05➖ROONEY, Dennis resigneddirector
- 2020-09-15➖BOSWELL, Kathleen Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2020-09-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-21➖GOLDIE, William resigneddirector
- 2015-03-17➕BOSWELL, Anthony Peter appointeddirector
- 2014-09-30➕GOLDIE, William appointeddirector
- 2013-08-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
- 2009-09-01➕BRENNAN, Kathleen appointeddirector
- 2009-09-01➕ROONEY, Dennis appointeddirector
- 2006-09-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-06-29🏢Company incorporatedAs UTEACH LIMITED
- 2006-06-29➕BOSWELL, Anthony Peter appointedsecretary
- 2006-06-29➕BOSWELL, Kathleen Elizabeth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Kathleen Elizabeth Boswell Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-06-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies
Registered office
Carnbroe Finch Way
Strathclyde Business Park
Bellshill
ML4 3PE
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-02
Last: 2026-04-18
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
BOSWELL, Anthony Peter→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-06-29
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BOSWELL, Anthony Peter→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-03-17
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BRENNAN, Kathleen→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2009-09-01
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BOSWELL, Kathleen Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2006-06-29 · resigned 2020-09-15
GOLDIE, William→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2014-09-30 · resigned 2015-08-21
ROONEY, Dennis→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2009-09-01 · resigned 2021-03-05
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/08/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 01/09/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (67 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-08