VERG LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC359137 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-06
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 May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees4002300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-01-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-05-20
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    address · AD01
  6. 2024-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-02-06
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-02-27
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    MUIR, Elayne appointed
    director
  17. 2011-04-06
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    HANEY, Richard Anthony appointed
    director
  18. 2009-05-06
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    Company incorporated
    As VERG LTD
  19. 2009-05-06
    ➕
    LOUDEN, Peter Mclaren appointed
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Richard Anthony Haney
Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/01/2025
Mrs Elayne Muir
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/01/2025
Mr Peter Mclaren Louden
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest31/05/2016

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
Incorporated2009-05-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

7 Scott Street
Suite 3.9 Dalziel Building
Motherwell
ML1 1PN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HANEY, Richard Anthony→
director · ~55y · appointed 2011-04-06
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Active
LOUDEN, Peter Mclaren→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-05-06
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Active
MUIR, Elayne→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-02-27
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Active

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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23