GENIUS PEOPLE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC359992 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-21

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85600Educational support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	13	1200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-02-20
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accounts · AA
2025-04-28
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accounts · AA
2024-10-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-26
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officers · TM01
2024-09-18
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MITCHELSON, Campbell William resigned
director
2024-02-12
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accounts · AA
2023-05-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
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accounts · AA
2020-03-04
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accounts · AAMD
2020-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-23
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accounts · AA
2017-05-10
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accounts · AA
2016-06-15
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-01
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accounts · AA
2015-08-01
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MCEWAN, Jennifer appointed
director
2010-05-21
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GALLACHER, Elaine Maureen appointed
secretary
2010-05-21
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STEWART, Lindsay Ann resigned
secretary
2009-05-21
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Company incorporated
As GENIUS PEOPLE LIMITED
2009-05-21
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THOMSON, John Robert appointed
director
2009-05-21
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STEWART, Lindsay Ann appointed
secretary
2009-05-21
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MITCHELSON, Campbell William appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Robert Thomson Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Campbell William Mitchelsonceased 18/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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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IMD GROUP LIMITED→ SC799667 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
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IN-DEPTH MEDIA LTD→ SC841444 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
INDICIA TRAINING LIMITED→ SC318835 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
INFINITE TENNIS LTD→ SC857388 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
INNOVO ACADEMY UK LTD→ SC872812 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS LIMITED→ SC434382 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR PLUS LTD→ SC817774 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
INVICTUS SALES & LEADERSHIP SOLUTIONS LTD→ SC796853 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
INZ INFORMA LTD→ SC831207 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-05-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

1439 Cumbernauld Road

Glasgow

G33 1AN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-04

Last: 2025-05-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GALLACHER, Elaine Maureen→

secretary · appointed 2010-05-21

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Active

MCEWAN, Jennifer→

director · ~47y · appointed 2015-08-01

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Active

THOMSON, John Robert→

director · ~60y · appointed 2009-05-21

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Active

STEWART, Lindsay Ann→

secretary · appointed 2009-05-21 · resigned 2010-05-21

Resigned

MITCHELSON, Campbell William→

director · ~57y · appointed 2009-05-21 · resigned 2024-09-18

Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-02-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2025-04-28

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-10-08

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-10-08

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officers · TM01

2024-09-26