IMPACT TRAINING SOLUTIONS LTD.

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SC254646 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-22
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£967.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -79% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.8y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £967,811
Net assets shrinking
Down £104,094 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 79% YoY
Cash YoY
-79%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↓ 79% YoY
Net Worth
£968k
↓ 9.7% YoY
Current Assets
£885k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£214k£429k£643k£858k£1.1mAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£1.02M£1.16M
Current assets£884.8k£987.2k
Cash£11.8k£57.0k
Debtors£873.0k£930.2k
Net assets£967.8k£1.07M

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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  2. 2024-08-29
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  3. 2023-05-25
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  4. 2022-04-06
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  5. 2021-05-25
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  6. 2020-05-20
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  7. 2019-05-23
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  8. 2018-11-12
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  9. 2017-11-29
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  10. 2016-10-28
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  11. 2016-01-31
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  12. 2016-01-26
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  13. 2015-12-22
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  14. 2015-02-06
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  15. 2014-12-12
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  16. 2014-04-01
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    RAE, Amy appointed
    director
  17. 2012-04-30
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    RAE, Paul resigned
    director
  18. 2007-06-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  19. 2007-03-01
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    RAE, Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2003-08-22
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    Company incorporated
    As IMPACT TRAINING SOLUTIONS LTD.
  21. 2003-08-22
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    RAE, Ann Jacqueline appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-08-22
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    RAE, Colin William appointed
    director
  23. 2003-08-22
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-08-22
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-08-22
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-08-22
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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  27. 2003-08-22
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2003-08-22
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Colin William Rae
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/12/2016

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
Incorporated2003-08-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

6 Atholl Crescent
Perth
PH1 5JN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

RAE, Ann Jacqueline→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-22
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Active
RAE, Amy→
director · ~38y · appointed 2014-04-01
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Active
RAE, Colin William→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-08-22
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Active
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-22 · resigned 2003-08-22
Resigned
RAE, Paul→
director · ~48y · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2012-04-30
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-22 · resigned 2003-08-22
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-22 · resigned 2003-08-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property29/06/2007—
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Recent filings (75 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
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2025-08-29
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2024-12-17
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2024-08-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
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accounts · AA
2023-05-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
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2022-04-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
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accounts · AA
2021-05-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
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accounts · AA
2020-05-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-14
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accounts · AA
2019-05-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-09