TIGERS (STA) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC332679 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-19

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£252.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -74% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 £252,930

Net assets shrinking

Down £29,222 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 74% YoY

Cash YoY

-74%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£9k

↓ 74% YoY

Net Worth

£253k

↓ 10% YoY

Current Assets

£524k

↓ 4.7% 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	£277.2k	£312.9k
Current assets	£524.4k	£550.5k
Cash	£8.5k	£33.5k
Debtors	£515.9k	£517.1k
Net assets	£252.9k	£282.2k

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

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-04-01
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GIBSON, John Macfarlane appointed
director
2020-04-01
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GIBSON, John Macfarlane resigned
director
2019-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-10-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-10-18
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-07-12
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SCOTT, Pauline appointed
director
2019-07-12
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GIBSON, John Macfarlane resigned
secretary
2019-07-12
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GIBSON, John Macfarlane resigned
director
2019-04-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-11-27
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MCVICAR, James Martin resigned
director
2018-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2008-11-14
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MCVICAR, James Martin appointed
director
2008-05-12
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DUNLOP, Robert Smith resigned
director
2007-10-19
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Company incorporated
As TIGERS (STA) LIMITED
2007-10-19
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GIBSON, John Macfarlane appointed
secretary
2007-10-19
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-10-19
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-10-19
➕
DUNLOP, Robert Smith appointed
director
2007-10-19
➕
GIBSON, John Macfarlane appointed
director
2007-10-19
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2007-10-19
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

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

Group structure

Training Initiatives Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Training Initiatives Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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TIGERS (STA) LIMITED

This company · SC332679

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Training Initiatives Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-10-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

25 Sandyford Place

Glasgow

G3 7NG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-29

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-02

Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

SCOTT, Pauline→

director · ~48y · appointed 2019-07-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GIBSON, John Macfarlane→

secretary · appointed 2007-10-19 · resigned 2019-07-12

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-10-19 · resigned 2007-10-19

Resigned

DUNLOP, Robert Smith→

director · ~80y · appointed 2007-10-19 · resigned 2008-05-12

Resigned

GIBSON, John Macfarlane→

director · ~78y · appointed 2020-04-01 · resigned 2020-04-01

Resigned

GIBSON, John Macfarlane→

director · ~78y · appointed 2007-10-19 · resigned 2019-07-12

Resigned

MCVICAR, James Martin→

director · ~80y · appointed 2008-11-14 · resigned 2018-11-27

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-10-19 · resigned 2007-10-19

Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-27

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-12-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-09

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2023-11-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-27

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2022-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-10-21