LANGUAGE OPEN LEARNING LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC662124 · ltd · incorporated 2020-05-26
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 May 2025
Net worth
£0
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Web portals
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 85600Educational support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). 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, 2 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
20 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
£0
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £0 | £0 |
| Net assets | £0 | £0 |
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
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-04-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-04-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-26🏢Company incorporatedAs LANGUAGE OPEN LEARNING LTD
- 2020-05-26➕ROBERTSON, Richard James appointeddirector
- 2020-05-26➕THORKILDSEN, Kenneth Philip appointeddirector
- 2020-05-26📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
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 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Kenneth Philip Thorkildsen Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 26/05/2020 |
Mr Richard James Robertson Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 26/05/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-05-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC63120 — Web portals
Registered office
33 Arbirlot Road
Arbroath
DD11 2EW
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ROBERTSON, Richard James→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2020-05-26
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THORKILDSEN, Kenneth Philip→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2020-05-26
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Recent filings (20 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-12