SCOTLAND'S LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

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SC219097 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2001-05-14

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 Mar 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

30 officers (8 active, 30 linked, 27 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

117 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-03-31
Average employees	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (70 events)Click to expand

2026-01-06
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2025-03-10
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2024-03-29
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accounts · AA
2023-05-05
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officers · TM01
2023-04-30
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SWEENEY, James resigned
director
2023-01-12
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accounts · AA
2021-12-31
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accounts · AA
2021-02-24
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accounts · AA
2020-07-12
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officers · CH01
2019-12-18
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accounts · AA
2019-10-30
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officers · AP03
2019-10-30
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officers · TM02
2019-10-29
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WADDELL, Tracy appointed
secretary
2019-10-29
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CALLAGHAN, Lee Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2019-10-08
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officers · AP01
2019-10-08
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officers · AP01
2019-10-08
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officers · TM01
2019-06-05
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GRANT, Robert appointed
director
2019-06-05
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MCAULEY, Mary Sutherland appointed
director
2019-06-05
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FIELD, John Langston, Professor resigned
director
2018-11-26
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2018-07-17
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accounts · AA
2018-06-20
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accounts · AA01
2018-03-14
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GIBBON, Edward Patrick appointed
director
2018-03-14
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MORDI, Loretta appointed
director
2017-03-22
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HARRINGTON, Mhairi Jayne resigned
director
2017-03-22
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WILSON, Joe Ramsay resigned
director
2015-05-19
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O'GRADY, Sylvia Anne resigned
director
2014-01-29
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FIELD, John Langston, Professor appointed
director
2014-01-29
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MILLS, Vincent resigned
director
2013-11-27
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PATERSON, Ross William resigned
director
2012-04-01
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O'GRADY, Sylvia Anne appointed
director
2011-07-18
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SIMMONS, Julie Alison resigned
director
2010-12-31
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GRANT, James Alexander resigned
director
2009-10-01
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FAIRGRIEVE, Christopher appointed
director
2009-05-12
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MORGAN, Nick resigned
director
2009-02-26
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HARRINGTON, Mhairi Jayne appointed
director
2008-12-31
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LOCKHART, Lindsay Kennedy Fraser resigned
director
2008-06-12
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MCHARG, James appointed
director
2008-06-05
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EDGAR, Jane resigned
director
2007-11-28
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ALLAN, Margaret appointed
director
2007-11-28
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GRANT, James Alexander appointed
director
2007-11-28
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SHARMA, Samir resigned
director
2007-08-29
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CAMPBELL, Elizabeth Margaret resigned
director
2007-02-15
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WILSON, Joe Ramsay appointed
director
2006-10-10
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MACGOWAN, Neil resigned
director
2006-04-26
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EDGAR, Jane appointed
director
2006-04-26
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LOCKHART, Lindsay Kennedy Fraser appointed
director
2006-02-22
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MORGAN, Nick appointed
director
2005-11-23
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SIMMONS, Julie Alison appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 70 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

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-limited-exemption

Incorporated2001-05-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Acoura Building Royal Highland Centre

Ingliston

Newbridge

Midlothian

EH28 8NB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-19

Last: 2025-05-05