RESEARCHU TRAINING ACADEMY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC627956 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-17

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£9.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

69/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Market research and public opinion polling

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85590Other education n.e.c.

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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, 2 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

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

20 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

69/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,267

Net assets shrinking

Down £164 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£9k

↓ 1.7% YoY

Current Assets

£11k

↓ 28% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£10.0k	£10.1k
Current assets	£10.8k	£15.0k
Net assets	£9.3k	£9.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-03-26
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dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2025-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-10
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-04-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-04-17
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Company incorporated
As RESEARCHU TRAINING ACADEMY LTD
2019-04-17
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HANNAWAY, Jane Allan appointed
director
2019-04-17
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REID, Jane appointed
director
2019-04-17
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

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 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-30

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Jane Allan Hannaway Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	17/04/2019
Mrs Jane Reid Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	17/04/2019

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-04-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC73200 — Market research and public opinion polling

Registered office

106 Drumpellier Avenue

Coatbridge

ML5 1JS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-04-30OVERDUE

Last: 2025-04-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HANNAWAY, Jane Allan→

director · ~58y · appointed 2019-04-17

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Active

REID, Jane→

director · ~58y · appointed 2019-04-17

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Recent filings (20 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary

gazette · GAZ1(A)

2026-04-07

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2026-03-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-07-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-05-10

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-05-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-19

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2022-11-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-10-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-01-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-16