STRANRAER SKILLS STATION LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC494438 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-06
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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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees81006800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-25
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  7. 2022-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-05
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  11. 2021-05-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2021-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-02-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-02-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2020-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-01-06
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    Company incorporated
    As STRANRAER SKILLS STATION LTD
  19. 2015-01-06
    ➕
    MCCOURTNEY, Elaine appointed
    director
  20. 2015-01-06
    ➕
    TEMPLETON, Gillian Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

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.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Gillian Elizabeth Templeton
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mrs Elaine Mccourtney
Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2015-01-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

30 Harbour Street
Stranraer
DG9 7RD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCCOURTNEY, Elaine→
director · ~52y · appointed 2015-01-06
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Active
TEMPLETON, Gillian Elizabeth→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-01-06
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Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2021-07-05