COMPASS EDUCATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC271852 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-11
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (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: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees4300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-06-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-01
    ➕
    CORSAN, Linda appointed
    director
  6. 2024-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-09
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    MARTIN, Joanne resigned
    director
  11. 2021-08-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-01-12
    ➕
    MARTIN, Joanne appointed
    director
  19. 2004-08-24
    ➕
    MONTGOMERY, Maria-Dolores, Lady appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-08-24
    ➕
    MONTGOMERY, David John appointed
    director
  21. 2004-08-24
    ➕
    MONTGOMERY, Maria-Dolores, Lady appointed
    director
  22. 2004-08-24
    ➖
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-08-24
    ➖
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2004-08-11
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    Company incorporated
    As COMPASS EDUCATION LIMITED
  25. 2004-08-11
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-08-11
    ➕
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 72 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Maria-Delores Montgomery
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence01/07/2016
Mr David John Montgomery
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2004-08-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Mossend
Corsock
Castle Douglas
DG7 3ED
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MONTGOMERY, Maria-Dolores, Lady→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORSAN, Linda→
director · ~61y · appointed 2025-03-01
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Active
MONTGOMERY, David John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MONTGOMERY, Maria-Dolores, Lady→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-11 · resigned 2004-08-24
Resigned
MARTIN, Joanne→
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-01-12 · resigned 2021-08-09
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-11 · resigned 2004-08-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27