PHANTOM'S LEGACY CIC

🏛️Establishedactive
SC687999 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2021-02-03
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85600Educational support services
  • 88990Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
  • 96040Physical well-being activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 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.

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 (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2021-02-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PHANTOM'S LEGACY CIC
  7. 2021-02-03
    CUNNINGHAM, Wilma appointed
    director
  8. 2021-02-03
    MCKEOWN, Janis Couper appointed
    director
  9. 2021-02-03
    📄
    incorporation-community-interest-company
    incorporation · CICINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2021-02-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

The Stables Main Street Longriggend
Longriggend
By Airdrie
North Lanarkshire
ML6 7RS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last made up to: 2025-02-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CUNNINGHAM, Wilma
director · ~69y · appointed 2021-02-03
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Active
MCKEOWN, Janis Couper
director · ~70y · appointed 2021-02-03
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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-13
incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC
2021-02-03