TRAINING AGENCY SCOTLAND LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC336360 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-18
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£20.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £20,653
Cash YoY
+18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£56k
↑ 18% YoY
Net Worth
£21k
↑ 82% YoY
Current Assets
£61k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£24k£37k£49k£61kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£20.7k£11.3k
Current assets£60.8k£52.2k
Cash£56.4k£47.8k
Debtors£4.5k£4.4k
Net assets£20.7k£11.3k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-10
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  2. 2024-04-22
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  3. 2023-04-26
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  4. 2022-03-24
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  5. 2021-04-29
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  6. 2020-05-25
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  7. 2019-05-22
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  8. 2018-04-04
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  9. 2017-04-24
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  10. 2017-01-25
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  11. 2016-06-09
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  12. 2016-02-02
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  13. 2015-08-06
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  14. 2015-01-20
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  15. 2014-06-26
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  16. 2008-02-01
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    JOHNSON, Roslyn Claire appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-02-01
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    JOHNSON, Rod appointed
    director
  18. 2008-01-18
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    Company incorporated
    As TRAINING AGENCY SCOTLAND LTD
  19. 2008-01-18
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2008-01-18
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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  21. 2008-01-18
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
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  22. 2008-01-18
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Rodney Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Roslyn Claire Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-01-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Mollands Road
Callender
FK17 8JN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-18
Last: 2025-05-04

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

JOHNSON, Roslyn Claire→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Rod→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-02-01
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Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-01-18 · resigned 2008-01-18
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-01-18 · resigned 2008-01-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

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2025-07-10
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2025-05-17
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2024-05-08
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2024-04-22
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2023-05-04
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2023-04-26
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2023-01-26
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2022-03-24
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2022-01-27
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2021-04-29
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2021-01-13
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2020-05-25
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2020-01-20
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accounts · AA
2019-05-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-21