HOST ACADEMY PLC

🌳Matureactive
SC366604 · plc · incorporated 2009-10-09
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
53 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-07
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    MCQUADE, Stephen Anthony resigned
    director
  3. 2024-11-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-08-26
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    ROBERTSON, Ewan James appointed
    director
  7. 2023-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-03-21
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    MCGHEE, Brian William Craighead resigned
    director
  12. 2021-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  13. 2021-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-02
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    SYME, David Wilson appointed
    secretary
  15. 2021-04-02
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  16. 2019-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-10-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  19. 2017-10-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2014-06-13
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    DROMGOOLE, Fiona Mhairi resigned
    secretary
  21. 2012-07-31
    ➕
    DROMGOOLE, Fiona Mhairi appointed
    secretary
  22. 2012-07-31
    ➖
    MCGHEE, Brian William Craighead resigned
    secretary
  23. 2012-07-31
    ➕
    MCQUADE, Stephen Anthony appointed
    director
  24. 2012-07-31
    ➖
    YOUNG, John Christopher resigned
    director
  25. 2010-01-12
    ➕
    YOUNG, John Christopher appointed
    director
  26. 2009-12-31
    ➖
    MIDDLEMISS, George Richardson resigned
    director
  27. 2009-10-09
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    Company incorporated
    As HOST ACADEMY PLC
  28. 2009-10-09
    ➕
    KING, Stefan Paul appointed
    director
  29. 2009-10-09
    ➕
    MCGHEE, Brian William Craighead appointed
    secretary
  30. 2009-10-09
    ➕
    MCGHEE, Brian William Craighead appointed
    director
  31. 2009-10-09
    ➕
    MIDDLEMISS, George Richardson 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 64 — 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
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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.)

Group structure

Scotsman Holdings Plc is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Scotsman Holdings Plc
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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HOST ACADEMY PLC
This company · SC366604

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Scotsman Holdings Plc
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stefan Paul Kingceased 06/04/2016· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeplc
Incorporated2009-10-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

Hamilton House
70 Hamilton Drive
Glasgow
G12 8DR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

SYME, David Wilson→
secretary · appointed 2021-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KING, Stefan Paul→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-10-09
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Active
ROBERTSON, Ewan James→
director · ~44y · appointed 2024-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DROMGOOLE, Fiona Mhairi→
secretary · appointed 2012-07-31 · resigned 2014-06-13
Resigned
MCGHEE, Brian William Craighead→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-09 · resigned 2012-07-31
Resigned
MCGHEE, Brian William Craighead→
director · ~78y · appointed 2009-10-09 · resigned 2022-03-21
Resigned
MCQUADE, Stephen Anthony→
director · ~49y · appointed 2012-07-31 · resigned 2024-11-07
Resigned
MIDDLEMISS, George Richardson→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-10-09 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned
YOUNG, John Christopher→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-01-12 · resigned 2012-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-07-14