TRAINING SOLUTIONS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC333375 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-05
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees4400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2023-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-11-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-12-01
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    MACDONALD, Graham appointed
    director
  17. 2010-12-01
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    MACDONALD, Lorraine appointed
    director
  18. 2007-11-05
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    Company incorporated
    As TRAINING SOLUTIONS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  19. 2007-11-05
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    MACDONALD, Graham Sinclair appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-11-05
    ➕
    SMALL, Tanya appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Sinclair Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares05/11/2016
Mrs Lorraine Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares05/11/2016
Miss Tanya Small
Individual · British · DOB 04/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares05/11/2016

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
Incorporated2007-11-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Stannergate House
41 Dundee Road West
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 1NB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MACDONALD, Graham Sinclair→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-05
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Active
MACDONALD, Graham→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-12-01
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Active
MACDONALD, Lorraine→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-12-01
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Active
SMALL, Tanya→
director · ~52y · appointed 2007-11-05
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Recent filings (46 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-18