GUITAR AND MUSIC ONLINE LEARNING LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC465953 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-16

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£-20.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Sports and recreation education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £20,937

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£21k

Current Assets

£348

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£-20.3k	—
Current assets	£348	—
Net assets	£-20.9k	—
Average employees	—	100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-12-08
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-18
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-07
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-02
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-17
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-09-05
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-01
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-09-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-09-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-22
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-05-26
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-12-16
🏢
Company incorporated
As GUITAR AND MUSIC ONLINE LEARNING LTD
2013-12-16
➕
BROCKIE, Gerald appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gerald Brockie Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1965 · age 61	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Education & training · EH postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
CLYDE STRENGTH LTD→ SC873978 · est 2026 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
E C SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC426926 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
FABS ONLINE STUDENT PREP LTD→ SC809094 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
FAST FORWARD (POSITIVE LIFESTYLES) LIMITED→ SC134443 · est 1991 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	34y	—	—
FETTES COLLEGE→ SC719759 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
FOREST SCHOOL TRAINING COLLABORATIVE LTD→ SC627264 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
FUTURE DIGITAL LITERACY (EDINBURGH) LIMITED→ SC680738 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
GORGIE COMMUNITY FARM LIMITED→ SC809811 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
GTS SOLUTIONS CIC→ SC431031 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
GUIDED & GLOWING LTD→ SC844268 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
HAMPTON TUTORS LTD.→ SC666100 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
HAPPY HOOFBEATS THERAPONIES LTD→ SC822195 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-12-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

109/14 Swanston Road

Edinburgh

EH10 7DS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last: 2025-12-16

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BROCKIE, Gerald→

director · ~61y · appointed 2013-12-16

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-12-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-09-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-09-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-09-24

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-08-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-01-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-10-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-01-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2019-09-02