PATHWAYS SERVICES LIMITED

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SC231583 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2002-05-16
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£186.5k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £186,529

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£174k
Net Worth
£187k
Current Assets
£207k
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£186.5k
Current assets£207.5k
Cash£173.6k
Debtors£33.9k
Net assets£186.5k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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  2. 2025-01-16
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  3. 2024-01-11
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  4. 2022-10-17
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  5. 2022-07-14
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  6. 2022-07-14
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  7. 2022-07-14
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  8. 2022-07-14
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  9. 2021-12-20
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  10. 2021-04-20
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  11. 2019-12-13
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  12. 2018-12-17
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  13. 2018-01-12
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  14. 2017-06-22
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  15. 2017-01-05
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  16. 2016-05-18
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  17. 2008-07-02
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    DENSLOW, Lesley-Anne appointed
    director
  18. 2008-07-02
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    HARPER, James appointed
    director
  19. 2008-04-01
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    PRITCHARD, Malcolm appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-03-31
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    SCOTT, Robert James resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-03-31
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    MILNE, Liz resigned
    director
  22. 2005-07-31
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    SCOTT, Robert James resigned
    director
  23. 2005-06-22
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    MILNE, Liz appointed
    director
  24. 2002-05-16
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    Company incorporated
    As PATHWAYS SERVICES LIMITED
  25. 2002-05-16
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    ENGLAND, Margaret Gilbert appointed
    director
  26. 2002-05-16
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    SCOTT, Robert James appointed
    secretary
  27. 2002-05-16
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    SCOTT, Robert James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Malcolm Pritchard
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest01/04/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2002-05-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

11 Powis Circle Powis Circle
Aberdeen
AB24 3YX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last: 2025-05-16

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

PRITCHARD, Malcolm→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DENSLOW, Lesley-Anne→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ENGLAND, Margaret Gilbert→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARPER, James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCOTT, Robert James→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-16 · resigned 2008-03-31
Resigned
MILNE, Liz→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-06-22 · resigned 2008-03-31
Resigned
SCOTT, Robert James→
director · ~51y · appointed 2002-05-16 · resigned 2005-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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2025-12-30
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2025-06-09
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accounts · AA
2025-01-16
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2024-06-11
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accounts · AA
2024-01-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-14
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officers · CH01
2022-07-14
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officers · CH01
2022-07-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-07-14
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2022-06-02
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accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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2021-06-07
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accounts · AA
2021-04-20