MIDLOTHIAN SCHOOLS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC296378 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-31
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 19.8y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
23 officers (3 active, 23 linked, 17 with DOB)
85
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
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
75
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
Profitable
Profit before tax £498,930

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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Turnover—£3.21M
Profit before tax£498.9k£420.6k
Average employees00

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 (64 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-03-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2025-02-20
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  5. 2024-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-02
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  7. 2023-12-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2023-12-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-12-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-12-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2023-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-02-01
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  13. 2023-02-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2023-01-31
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    DIX, Carl Harvey appointed
    director
  15. 2023-01-31
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    WRINN, John resigned
    director
  16. 2022-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-12-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2021-12-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2021-12-02
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    GILMOUR, David Fulton resigned
    director
  20. 2021-12-02
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    WRINN, John appointed
    director
  21. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2016-01-25
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    CAVILL, John Ivor appointed
    director
  24. 2016-01-25
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    BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 2012-11-13
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    CAVILL, John Ivor resigned
    director
  26. 2012-04-02
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    MIDDLETON, Nigel Wythen resigned
    director
  27. 2012-01-19
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    INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2012-01-19
    ➖
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2011-12-23
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    CAVILL, John Ivor appointed
    director
  30. 2011-12-23
    ➖
    DESAI, Julian Kieron resigned
    director
  31. 2011-12-23
    ➕
    MIDDLETON, Nigel Wythen appointed
    director
  32. 2011-12-23
    ➖
    WRINN, John resigned
    director
  33. 2011-04-20
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    BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  34. 2011-03-04
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    GILMOUR, David Fulton appointed
    director
  35. 2011-03-04
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    PECK, Simon James Edward resigned
    director
  36. 2011-01-28
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    BREMNER, Alexander George resigned
    director
  37. 2010-03-15
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    DESAI, Julian Kieron appointed
    director
  38. 2010-03-15
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    DOHERTY, Nicholas Anthony resigned
    director
  39. 2009-10-14
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    PECK, Simon James Edward appointed
    director
  40. 2009-10-14
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    RITCHIE, Alan Campbell resigned
    director
  41. 2009-05-01
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    BREMNER, Alexander George appointed
    director
  42. 2009-04-30
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    ELLIOT, John Christian resigned
    director
  43. 2008-10-30
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    BRUCE, Andrew David resigned
    director
  44. 2008-10-30
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    ELLIOT, John Christian appointed
    director
  45. 2008-03-14
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    COOPER, Stephen Joseph resigned
    director
  46. 2008-03-14
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    DOHERTY, Nicholas Anthony appointed
    director
  47. 2007-06-26
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    ELLIOT, John Christian resigned
    director
  48. 2007-06-26
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    RITCHIE, Alan Campbell appointed
    director
  49. 2007-05-18
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    WRINN, John appointed
    director
  50. 2007-02-25
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    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 64 events

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Midlothian Schools (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · board control
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Smbc Bank International Plc
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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MIDLOTHIAN SCHOOLS LIMITED
This company · SC296378

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Midlothian Schools (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
—75–100%board control75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Smbc Bank International Plc
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Infrastructure Managers Limited 2nd Floor Drum Suite, Saltire Court
20 Castle Terrace
Edinburgh
EH1 2EN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (3 active · 20 resigned)

INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAVILL, John Ivor→
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DIX, Carl Harvey→
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-02-25 · resigned 2012-01-19
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2006-04-28
Resigned
QUAYLE MUNRO LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-04-28 · resigned 2007-02-25
Resigned
BREMNER, Alexander George→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-05-01 · resigned 2011-01-28
Resigned
BRUCE, Andrew David→
director · ~54y · appointed 2006-04-28 · resigned 2008-10-30
Resigned
CAVILL, John Ivor→
director · ~54y · appointed 2011-12-23 · resigned 2012-11-13
Resigned
COOPER, Stephen Joseph→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-28 · resigned 2008-03-14
Resigned
DESAI, Julian Kieron→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-03-15 · resigned 2011-12-23
Resigned
DOHERTY, Nicholas Anthony→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-03-14 · resigned 2010-03-15
Resigned
ELLIOT, John Christian→
director · ~74y · appointed 2008-10-30 · resigned 2009-04-30
Resigned
ELLIOT, John Christian→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-04-28 · resigned 2007-06-26
Resigned
GILMOUR, David Fulton→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-03-04 · resigned 2021-12-02
Resigned
MIDDLETON, Nigel Wythen→
director · ~70y · appointed 2011-12-23 · resigned 2012-04-02
Resigned
PECK, Simon James Edward→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-10-14 · resigned 2011-03-04
Resigned
RITCHIE, Alan Campbell→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-06-26 · resigned 2009-10-14
Resigned
WHITE, Barry Edward→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-28 · resigned 2006-12-22
Resigned
WRINN, John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2021-12-02 · resigned 2023-01-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited
Floating charge1 property13/07/2006—
outstanding
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited
Floating charge1 property13/07/2006—
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Recent filings (115 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-01-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-12-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02