WESTHILL MUSIC TUITION ABERDEEN LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC712378 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-16
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85590Other education n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees300300

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
    ➕
    BATEMAN, Natalie appointed
    director
  2. 2025-12-30
    ➖
    BATEMAN, Natalie resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-12-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-12-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-12-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2025-12-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-10-14
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2024-10-01
    ➕
    BATEMAN, Natalie appointed
    secretary
  10. 2024-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WESTHILL MUSIC TUITION ABERDEEN LTD
  13. 2021-10-16
    ➕
    BATEMAN, Stephanie appointed
    director
  14. 2021-10-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Natalie Bateman
Individual · British · DOB 02/2006 · age 20
——sig. influencesignificant influence30/12/2025
Miss Stephanie Bateman
Individual · British · DOB 04/2002 · age 24
——sig. influencesignificant influence16/10/2021

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
Incorporated2021-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

11 Berryhill Circle
Skene
Westhill
AB32 6BE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-13
Last: 2025-12-30

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BATEMAN, Natalie→
director · ~20y · appointed 2025-12-30
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Active
BATEMAN, Stephanie→
director · ~24y · appointed 2021-10-16
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Active
BATEMAN, Natalie→
secretary · appointed 2024-10-01 · resigned 2025-12-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-10-16