FUTURE DIGITAL LITERACY (LIVINGSTON) LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC720279 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-19
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-11.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £11,743

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£12k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£18k-£14k-£10k-£6k-£2k£2kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£-4.2k£-13.5k
Current assets£2.0k£2.5k
Net assets£-11.7k£-18.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-01-19
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    Company incorporated
    As FUTURE DIGITAL LITERACY (LIVINGSTON) LTD
  5. 2022-01-19
    HIGGINS, Mark James appointed
    director
  6. 2022-01-19
    PURCHASE, Dacre Wyn appointed
    director
  7. 2022-01-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-01-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-01-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-01-19
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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
Mr Dacre Wyn Purchase
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
2550%
25-50% shares19/01/2022
Mr Mark James Higgins
Individual · British · DOB 03/1974 · age 52
2550%
25-50% shares19/01/2022

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
Incorporated2022-01-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

13 Mortonhall Park Way
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH17 8BW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HIGGINS, Mark James
director · ~52y · appointed 2022-01-19
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Active
PURCHASE, Dacre Wyn
director · ~54y · appointed 2022-01-19
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-01-19