FRESH START IN EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC591697 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-19
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 accountsCash
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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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-04-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-29➕ROBBINS, Edward Thomas appointeddirector
- 2018-03-19🏢Company incorporatedAs FRESH START IN EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) LTD
- 2018-03-19➕MEADE, Antony John appointedsecretary
- 2018-03-19➕MEADE, Antony John appointeddirector
- 2018-03-19📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Fresh Start In Education Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Fresh Start In Education Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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FRESH START IN EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) LTD
This company · SC591697
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Fresh Start In Education Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 03/12/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Antony John Meadeceased 03/12/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| CLYDE STRENGTH LTD→ SC873978 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| E C SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC426926 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| ETHOS ELEVATE LTD→ SC818888 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 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 | — | — |
| GENERATION EDINBURGH CIC→ SC421759 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-03-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services
Registered office
Quay 2 139 Fountainbridge
Edinburgh
EH3 9QG
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
MEADE, Antony John→
Activesecretary · appointed 2018-03-19
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MEADE, Antony John→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2018-03-19
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ROBBINS, Edward Thomas→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2019-10-29
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Recent filings (21 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-28