ABERDEEN STRAIGHT-WAY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC219939 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-07

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 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

26 officers (6 active, 26 linked, 22 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

6 active PSC(s) of 9 total, 9 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

113 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (67 events)Click to expand

2025-12-21
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2024-12-17
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accounts · AA
2024-07-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-09-22
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address · AD01
2023-07-31
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2023-03-28
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2023-03-28
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officers · TM01
2023-02-21
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GOURLAY, Gillian Linda resigned
director
2022-12-27
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accounts · AA
2022-07-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-20
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-07
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accounts · AA
2021-08-31
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YOUNG, Graham Martin resigned
director
2021-07-16
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officers · AP01
2021-07-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-15
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SMITH, Andrew John appointed
director
2021-04-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-04-16
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2021-04-16
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officers · AP01
2021-04-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-16
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-04-13
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MCNAIR, Andrew appointed
director
2021-04-13
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ALLEN, Shirley Jean resigned
director
2021-03-31
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HOLTZE-SCHUMANN, Beatriz resigned
secretary
2020-06-10
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CHEYNE, Kenneth Andrew appointed
director
2016-04-22
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SCOTT, Stanley Alan resigned
director
2015-11-25
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BEVERLEY, David George resigned
director
2015-05-05
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JACK, James Allan resigned
director
2013-05-19
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CORDINER, Alfred John Rollo resigned
director
2013-01-22
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HOLTZE-SCHUMANN, Beatriz appointed
secretary
2013-01-22
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SCOTT, Lynn resigned
secretary
2012-04-24
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BOWIE, Graeme Fraser appointed
director
2012-04-24
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BEVERLEY, David George appointed
director
2012-04-24
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GOURLAY, Gillian Linda appointed
director
2012-04-24
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YOUNG, Graham Martin appointed
director
2011-11-28
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TAYLOR, Maurice resigned
director
2011-11-28
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TAYLOR, Wilma Gillespie resigned
director
2011-08-15
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IRVINE FORTESCUE, Henry Boswell resigned
director
2009-09-16
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IRVINE FORTESCUE, Henry Boswell appointed
director
2009-08-19
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ALLEN, Shirley Jean appointed
director
2009-06-16
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CORDINER, William Neil appointed
director
2009-06-16
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MERSON, John appointed
director
2009-06-16
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MERSON, John resigned
director
2009-06-16
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PIRIE, Brian John Summers resigned
director
2009-01-21
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WILSON, Brian John resigned
director
2008-12-31
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WALKER, Norman resigned
director
2008-09-01
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MERSON, John appointed
director
2008-04-07
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PATON, Herbert Scott resigned
director

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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

-6 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 72 — 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 72 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

6 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew John Smith Individual · British · DOB 07/1988 · age 38	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest	15/06/2021
Mr Andrew Mcnair Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51	—	75–100%	75-100% voting · trust interest	13/04/2021
Mr Kenneth Andrew Cheyne Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1980 · age 46	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest	10/06/2020
Mr Graeme Fraser Bowie Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest	06/04/2016
Mr John Merson Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest	06/04/2016
Mr William Neil Cordiner Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest	06/04/2016

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Gillian Linda Gourlayceased 21/02/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest
Mr Graham Martin Youngceased 31/08/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest
Miss Shirley Jean Allenceased 13/04/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest

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

Incorporated2001-06-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

14-20 John Street

Aberdeen

AB25 1BT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-21

Last: 2025-06-07