SIMPLICITY SVQS LTD
💤Zombieactive
SC670071 · ltd · incorporated 2020-08-06
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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
- · Filings: 21 → 22
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.
- ↑Filings: 21 → 22
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£12.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (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 (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £12,288
Cash YoY
+242%
Year on year
Key financials
3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£16k
↑ 242% YoY
Net Worth
£12k
↑ 84% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £12.3k | £6.7k | £713 |
| Current assets | £17.3k | £17.3k | £3.6k |
| Cash | £15.8k | £4.6k | — |
| Debtors | £1.6k | £12.7k | — |
| Net assets | £12.3k | £6.7k | £713 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-09-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-08-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-08-13➕LAMONT, Jacqueline appointeddirector
- 2020-08-13➖CRAN, John resignedsecretary
- 2020-08-13➖CRAN, John George William resigneddirector
- 2020-08-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-08-13📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-08-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-08-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-08-06🏢Company incorporatedAs SIMPLICITY SVQS LTD
- 2020-08-06➕CRAN, John appointedsecretary
- 2020-08-06➕CRAN, John George William appointeddirector
- 2020-08-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Jacqueline Lamont Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 50–75% | board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 01/09/2020 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Deborah Watsonceased 26/07/2023· 25-50% shares
- Mr John George William Cranceased 13/08/2020· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| NANSEN HIGHLAND→ SC191841 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 27y | 83 | 72y |
| ORKNEY SCIENCE FESTIVAL→ SC133038 · est 1991 | — | — | £13.4k | — | 34y | 83 | 84y |
| LES ENFANTS NURSERIES LTD.→ SC299437 · est 2006 | — | — | — | 7000 | 20y | 82 | 60y |
| BARBARAVILLE IMPROVEMENT GROUP LIMITED→ SC212569 · est 2000 | — | — | £39.5k | — | 25y | 81 | 84y |
| LAIRG & DISTRICT LEARNING CENTRE→ SC381245 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | 81 | 83y |
| TORRIDON EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED→ SC246917 · est 2003 | — | — | £156.1k | — | 23y | 81 | 60y |
| AIGAS FIELD CENTRE LIMITED→ SC498637 · est 2015 | — | — | — | 2600 | 11y | 80 | 80y |
| BALANCED PERCEPTIONS LIMITED→ SC286711 · est 2005 | — | — | — | — | 21y | 80 | 68y |
| CARE FIRST WORLD LTD→ SC330340 · est 2007 | — | — | £134 | — | 18y | 80 | 80y |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-08-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education
Registered office
56 Forsyth Street
Hopeman
Elgin
IV30 5SY
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
LAMONT, Jacqueline→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2020-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CRAN, John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2020-08-06 · resigned 2020-08-13
CRAN, John George William→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2020-08-06 · resigned 2020-08-13
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Recent filings (22 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18