WINNING SCOTLAND

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SC283771 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-04-25

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sports and recreation education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85520Cultural education
85600Educational support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 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

31 officers (7 active, 31 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

115 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	800	1100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (76 events)Click to expand

2026-02-13
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officers · AP03
2026-02-13
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-31
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ORR, Richard appointed
secretary
2026-01-31
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HEDGES, Zahra resigned
secretary
2025-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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officers · TM01
2024-03-31
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GAMMELL, William Benjamin Bowring, Sir resigned
director
2024-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-12
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HEDGES, Zahra resigned
director
2023-06-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-14
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PHILP, Sarah Anne appointed
director
2023-04-11
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HEDGES, Zahra appointed
secretary
2023-04-11
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MACLEAN, Catherine Anne resigned
secretary
2023-04-11
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-04-11
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-22
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GRANT, Colette Mary appointed
director
2022-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-18
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HEDGES, Zahra appointed
director
2021-11-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-18
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-08-18
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-08-17
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ARNOT, Morag resigned
secretary
2021-08-17
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MACLEAN, Catherine Anne appointed
secretary
2021-05-14
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-05-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-05-13
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2021-04-26
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address · AD01
2020-01-17
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DIXON, Richard Michael, Dr resigned
director
2017-09-28
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SIMPSON, Catherine Louise appointed
director
2016-09-17
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DIXON, Richard Michael, Dr appointed
director
2016-09-08
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LITTLE, Anthony Mark Jonathon resigned
director
2016-09-08
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PERT, Andrew Macdonald resigned
director
2015-09-30
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HENDERSON, Gregor resigned
director
2014-06-30
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MACNAUGHTON, William Torquil appointed
director
2014-06-30
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NISBET, David appointed
director
2013-11-18
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ARNOT, Morag appointed
secretary
2013-11-18
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GRAY, Alistair William resigned
director
2013-11-18
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THOMSON, Simon John resigned
director
2013-11-17
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GEOGHEGANS resigned
corporate-secretary
2013-10-25
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ALLISON, Mary resigned
director
2013-08-29
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BEATTIE, John Ross resigned
director
2012-11-22
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GAMMELL, Janice Theresa resigned
director
2012-09-06
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ALLISON, Mary appointed
director
2012-09-06
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HENDERSON, Gregor appointed
director
2012-03-08
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WHITELAW, Lindsay James resigned
director
2012-03-08
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WHITTINGHAM, Michael Ian resigned
director

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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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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-limited-exemption

Incorporated2005-04-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

21 Young Street

Edinburgh

EH2 4HU

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-09

Last: 2025-04-25