EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL SCOTLAND LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC343318 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-23
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-7.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
45 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 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,979
Cash YoY
+301%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£59k
↑ 301% YoY
Net Worth
-£7k
↑ 79% YoY
Current Assets
£67k
↑ 126% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-7.0k | £-14.1k |
| Current assets | £67.1k | £29.7k |
| Cash | £59.2k | £14.8k |
| Debtors | £7.9k | £14.9k |
| Net assets | £-7.0k | £-33.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-11-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-05-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-05-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2008-05-23🏢Company incorporatedAs EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL SCOTLAND LIMITED
- 2008-05-23➕ANDERSON, Morag appointedsecretary
- 2008-05-23➕ANDERSON, Morag appointeddirector
- 2008-05-23➕KROGH, Irene Margaret appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Irene Margaret Krogh Individual · British · DOB 11/1945 · age 81 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Miss Morag Anderson Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-05-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education
Registered office
Rosslyn Associates, The Walled Garden
South Building
Bush Estate
Midlothian
EH26 0SD
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-02
Last: 2025-05-19
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
ANDERSON, Morag→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2008-05-23
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KROGH, Irene Margaret→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2008-05-23
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Recent filings (45 total)
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accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-08-05