EDINBURGH TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC266120 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-06
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2300-2000

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
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-11-11
    ➖
    SELLMAN, Ian resigned
    director
  4. 2025-07-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2025-07-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-04-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-04-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-04-01
    ➕
    NIELD, Gary Eric appointed
    director
  9. 2025-04-01
    ➕
    SELLMAN, Ian appointed
    director
  10. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-05-21
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2006-08-10
    ➕
    BROTHERSTON, Douglas John appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-08-10
    ➖
    BLACK, Douglas Maclean resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-01-14
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bibby Factors Scotland Limited
  22. 2005-04-29
    ➖
    HALDANE, Steven John resigned
    director
  23. 2004-04-28
    ➕
    BROTHERSTON, Douglas John appointed
    director
  24. 2004-04-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EDINBURGH TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED
  25. 2004-04-06
    ➕
    GLAIRE, Michael John appointed
    director
  26. 2004-04-06
    ➕
    BLACK, Douglas Maclean appointed
    secretary
  27. 2004-04-06
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2004-04-06
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2004-04-06
    ➕
    HALDANE, Steven John 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Enterprise Spaces Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Enterprise Spaces Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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EDINBURGH TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED
This company · SC266120

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Enterprise Spaces Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/04/2025
Mr Michael John Glaire
Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest06/04/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-04-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

16 St Marys Street
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH1 1SU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BROTHERSTON, Douglas John→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROTHERSTON, Douglas John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLAIRE, Michael John→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NIELD, Gary Eric→
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLACK, Douglas Maclean→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-06 · resigned 2006-08-10
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-06 · resigned 2004-04-06
Resigned
HALDANE, Steven John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2004-04-06 · resigned 2005-04-29
Resigned
SELLMAN, Ian→
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-04-01 · resigned 2025-11-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Bibby Financial Services
Bibby Factors Scotland Limited
Floating charge1 property14/01/200621/05/2014

Recent filings (62 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-18