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SC337234 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2008-02-05

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 3.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85590Other education n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.9y

55/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Charge age ~3.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

35 officers (11 active, 35 linked, 31 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

109 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	11	1100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (82 events)Click to expand

2026-03-22
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officers · TM01
2026-03-21
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MARSH, Charles John resigned
director
2026-02-19
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officers · CH01
2026-02-19
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officers · CH01
2026-02-19
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officers · CH01
2026-02-19
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officers · CH01
2026-02-18
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officers · CH01
2025-12-01
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accounts · AA
2025-10-23
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officers · CH01
2025-04-15
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officers · AP01
2025-04-15
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officers · AP01
2025-04-15
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officers · AP01
2025-03-29
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ANDERSON, Sandra appointed
director
2025-03-29
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EVANS, Pauline appointed
director
2025-03-29
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MOUNTFORD, Beverley Welfare appointed
director
2024-12-09
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accounts · AA
2024-12-04
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officers · TM01
2024-12-04
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officers · TM01
2024-11-17
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STORR, Kathleen Tracey resigned
director
2024-10-28
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WILLIAMS, Peter, Dr resigned
director
2023-10-19
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accounts · AA
2023-03-03
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officers · AP01
2023-02-23
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CRAIG, Rachel appointed
director
2023-02-09
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address · AD01
2022-12-19
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accounts · AA
2022-10-04
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2022-10-04
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2022-10-04
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2022-09-30
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KELLY, Joyce Isobel resigned
director
2022-09-29
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MACGREGOR, Angus Niall appointed
director
2022-09-29
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SCOTT, Graham Meikle appointed
director
2022-09-01
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STRACHAN, Colin James appointed
director
2022-08-06
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MILLER, Sheila Margaret resigned
director
2022-07-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Donald Mccoll
2022-05-11
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DOWNES, Roberta Lesley resigned
director
2022-02-26
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WYNNE, Brian Edward, Professor appointed
director
2020-07-01
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COLMAN, Peggy Elizabeth resigned
director
2019-10-05
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LAMB, Katherine Margaret resigned
director
2019-10-05
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MARSH, Charles John appointed
director
2016-08-31
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LOVE, Bernard Thomas resigned
director
2016-08-25
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DOWNES, Roberta Lesley appointed
director
2016-08-25
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KELLY, Joyce Isobel appointed
director
2016-08-25
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LAMB, Katherine Margaret appointed
director
2016-03-31
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MCMILLAN, Carol Elizabeth resigned
director
2013-12-20
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COLMAN, Peggy Elizabeth appointed
director
2013-06-30
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FORSTER, John resigned
director
2013-06-24
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KENNEDY, James Finbar resigned
director
2011-12-07
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KENNEDY, James Finbar appointed
director
2011-12-07
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LOVE, Bernard Thomas appointed
director
2011-12-07
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RAUCH, Eugene Harold 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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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

Incorporated2008-02-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

The Walled Garden, Gargunnock House

Gargunnock

Stirling

FK8 3AZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-19

Last: 2026-02-05