BENSLIE TRAINING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC365040 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-03

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-21	2024-04-21

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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filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

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2020-01-29
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2018-01-25
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2016-01-28
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2009-09-03
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Company incorporated
As BENSLIE TRAINING LIMITED
2009-09-03
➕
BORLAND, Sandra Agnes appointed
secretary
2009-09-03
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BORLAND, Sandra Agnes appointed
director
2009-09-03
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WYLLIE, David Davidson appointed
director
2009-09-03
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-09-03
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-09-03
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2009-09-03
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
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 62 — 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 62. 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Sandra Agnes Borland Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	03/09/2016

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

Incorporated2009-09-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Roberton Cottage

Benslie

Kilwinning

KA13 7QY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-21

Last made up to: 2025-04-21

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-17

Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BORLAND, Sandra Agnes→

secretary · appointed 2009-09-03

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Active

BORLAND, Sandra Agnes→

director · ~62y · appointed 2009-09-03

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Active

WYLLIE, David Davidson→

director · ~61y · appointed 2009-09-03

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-09-03 · resigned 2009-09-03

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2009-09-03 · resigned 2009-09-03

Resigned

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