MOORE HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC110906 · ltd · incorporated 1988-04-29
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£4.66M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: General secondary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 87900Other residential care activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

16 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 37.7y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
16 charges (16/16 with lender, 16/16 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
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
152 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,655,161
Cash YoY
+143%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.2m
↑ 143% YoY
Net Worth
£4.7m
↑ 61% YoY
Current Assets
£3.5m
↑ 88% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£931k£1.9m£2.8m£3.7m£4.7mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£4.70M£2.88M
Current assets£3.46M£1.84M
Cash£2.22M£916.6k
Debtors£1.24M£922.1k
Net assets£4.66M£2.88M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (65 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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  2. 2026-01-09
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    officers · RP01AP01
  3. 2025-02-21
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  4. 2025-02-21
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  5. 2025-02-20
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  6. 2024-10-15
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    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2024-10-11
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    Charge registered #16
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  8. 2024-08-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2024-08-15
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    Charge registered #15
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  10. 2024-02-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-02-11
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  12. 2023-02-11
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    Charge satisfied #4
  13. 2022-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-10-08
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  15. 2022-10-08
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  16. 2022-10-08
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  17. 2022-10-08
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    Charge satisfied #9
  18. 2022-10-08
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    Charge satisfied #8
  19. 2022-10-08
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    Charge satisfied #7
  20. 2022-09-13
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  21. 2022-09-13
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  23. 2022-09-13
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  24. 2022-09-13
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    Charge satisfied #14
  25. 2022-09-13
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    Charge satisfied #13
  26. 2022-09-13
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    Charge satisfied #12
  27. 2022-09-13
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    Charge satisfied #10
  28. 2022-08-05
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    mortgage · MR04
  29. 2022-08-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  30. 2022-06-22
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    officers · AP01
  31. 2022-06-01
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    WOOD, Winifred appointed
    director
  32. 2022-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  33. 2022-02-02
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    Charge satisfied #11
  34. 2021-11-20
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    HUGHES, Julie Jane resigned
    secretary
  35. 2021-11-20
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    HUGHES, Julie Jane resigned
    director
  36. 2013-03-06
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    Charge registered #14
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  37. 2012-07-27
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    LAPPIN, Anthony John resigned
    director
  38. 2010-11-10
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    CALLAGHAN, Tracie Jane appointed
    director
  39. 2008-09-05
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    Charge registered #13
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  40. 2007-06-06
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  41. 2006-05-16
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  42. 2005-05-02
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    LAPPIN, Anthony John appointed
    director
  43. 2004-10-28
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    SHANKS, Ronald Stewart Cuthbertson resigned
    secretary
  44. 2004-10-28
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    SHANKS, Ronald Stewart Cuthbertson resigned
    director
  45. 2004-10-22
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  46. 2004-09-01
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    SHERIDAN, Lee appointed
    director
  47. 2004-09-01
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    HUGHES, Julie Jane appointed
    secretary
  48. 2004-09-01
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    HUGHES, Julie Jane appointed
    director
  49. 2003-12-15
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  50. 2003-10-08
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
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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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Patricia Sheridan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1948 · age 78
50–75%
—50-75% shares16/11/2016
Miss Tracie Jane Callaghan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares20/02/2025

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-04-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85310 — General secondary education

Registered office

Moore House School
21 Edinburgh Road
Bathgate
West Lothian
EH48 1EX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

CALLAGHAN, Tracie Jane→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-11-10
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Active
SHERIDAN, Lee→
director · ~79y · appointed 2004-09-01
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Active
SHERIDAN, Patricia→
director · ~78y
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Active
WOOD, Winifred→
director · ~72y · appointed 2022-06-01
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Active
HUGHES, Julie Jane→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-01 · resigned 2021-11-20
Resigned
MOORE, Thomas David→
secretary · resigned 2003-04-28
Resigned
SHANKS, Ronald Stewart Cuthbertson→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-30 · resigned 2004-10-28
Resigned
HUGHES, Julie Jane→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-09-01 · resigned 2021-11-20
Resigned
LAPPIN, Anthony John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-05-02 · resigned 2012-07-27
Resigned
MOORE, Thomas David→
director · ~83y · resigned 2003-04-28
Resigned
SHANKS, Ronald Stewart Cuthbertson→
director · ~81y · resigned 2004-10-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

16
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:16 of 16 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property11/10/2024—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—15/08/2024—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property06/03/201313/09/2022
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property05/09/200813/09/2022
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property06/06/200713/09/2022
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property16/05/200602/02/2022
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property22/10/200413/09/2022
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property15/12/200308/10/2022
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property08/10/200308/10/2022
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property28/07/199708/10/2022
satisfied
British Coal Enterprise
British Coal Enterprise Limited
Standard security1 property04/08/198914/01/1998
satisfied
British Coal Enterprise
British Coal Enterprise Limited
Bond & floating charge1 property28/07/198915/12/1998
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property15/09/198811/02/2023
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mandate1 property24/08/198802/11/1989
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mandate1 property24/08/198802/11/1989
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property27/07/198805/08/2022
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Recent filings (152 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-01-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-10-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-15