THE VERDANCY GROUP LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC678188 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-20
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-10-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-09-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-08-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2025-08-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-08-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-07-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-06-20
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2025-06-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-06-20
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2025-06-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2025-06-01
    ➕
    BREZENOFF, Kenneth appointed
    director
  13. 2025-06-01
    ➕
    KHOURY, Carol appointed
    director
  14. 2025-06-01
    ➖
    KIAKOWSKI, Steven resigned
    director
  15. 2025-06-01
    ➖
    MCDONALD, Susan resigned
    director
  16. 2025-05-14
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2025-05-14
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2024-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2023-07-20
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    GRIEVE, Colin Stephen resigned
    director
  20. 2023-07-20
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2023-07-20
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  22. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2022-10-26
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  24. 2022-10-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  25. 2022-10-24
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  26. 2021-05-31
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Susan appointed
    director
  27. 2020-10-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE VERDANCY GROUP LTD
  28. 2020-10-20
    ➕
    GRIEVE, Colin Stephen appointed
    director
  29. 2020-10-20
    ➕
    KIAKOWSKI, Steven appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: KIAKOWSKI, Steven resigned 2025-06-01; MCDONALD, Susan resigned 2025-06-01

Group structure

Fedcap Uk is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Fedcap Uk
Corporate parent · board control
⬇
THE VERDANCY GROUP LTD
This company · SC678188

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Fedcap Uk
Corporate entity
—75–100%board control75-100% voting · board control14/08/2025
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Susan Mcdonaldceased 14/08/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Steven Kiakowskiceased 14/08/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Colin Stephen Grieveceased 20/07/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2020-10-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Built Environment Smarter Transformation (Be-St) Unit A, 1 Watt Place
Hamilton International Technology Park
Glasgow
G72 0AH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BREZENOFF, Kenneth→
director · ~56y · appointed 2025-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KHOURY, Carol→
director · ~69y · appointed 2025-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIEVE, Colin Stephen→
director · ~44y · appointed 2020-10-20 · resigned 2023-07-20
Resigned
KIAKOWSKI, Steven→
director · ~40y · appointed 2020-10-20 · resigned 2025-06-01
Resigned
MCDONALD, Susan→
director · ~42y · appointed 2021-05-31 · resigned 2025-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-14