THE YOUNG PROGRAMME LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC282589 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-04-03

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£152.1k

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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (7 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £152,146

Cash YoY

+14%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£129k

↑ 14% YoY

Net Worth

£152k

↑ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£153k

↑ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£152.1k	£137.5k
Current assets	£152.8k	£138.1k
Cash	£129.4k	£113.7k
Debtors	£23.4k	£24.4k
Net assets	£152.1k	£137.5k

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-02-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-14
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MOIR, Josh appointed
director
2025-12-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-04
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WILLIAMS, Amanda Jayne resigned
director
2025-09-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-14
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-11-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-11-11
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-10
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MILLAR, Barbara resigned
director
2022-12-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-19
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MCLEOD, Islay Isobel appointed
secretary
2022-11-19
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RODGERS, Mairi Clare appointed
director
2022-11-19
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MACDONALD, Fiona Catherine resigned
secretary
2021-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-02-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-02-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-02-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-11-05
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ROY, Kenneth Alfred resigned
director
2017-08-14
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DESLANDES, Wintworth George appointed
director
2017-08-14
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WILLIAMS, Amanda Jayne appointed
director
2016-03-21
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GRANT, Katharine Mary resigned
director
2016-03-03
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MCINTYRE, Alan Thomas appointed
director
2014-08-25
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MILLAR, Barbara appointed
director
2014-08-11
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GRANT, Katharine Mary appointed
director
2008-03-01
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MCLEOD, Islay Isobel appointed
director
2007-12-07
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GALLAGHER, James Young resigned
director
2005-04-03
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Company incorporated
As THE YOUNG PROGRAMME LIMITED
2005-04-03
➕
MACDONALD, Fiona Catherine appointed
director
2005-04-03
➕
MACDONALD, Fiona Catherine appointed
secretary
2005-04-03
➕
GALLAGHER, James Young appointed
director
2005-04-03
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ROY, Kenneth Alfred appointed
director

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2005-04-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

221 Liberator House Prestwick Airport

Prestwick

KA9 2PT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-17

Last: 2026-04-03