DISCOVERY EDUCATION (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC308017 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-04

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 19.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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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 strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 19.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 19.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

30 officers (4 active, 30 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

130 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (80 events)Click to expand

2025-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-30
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THOMSON, Paul Justin appointed
director
2025-03-30
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EMMOTT, Robert James resigned
director
2024-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
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JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth appointed
director
2024-01-29
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GORDON, John Stephen resigned
director
2024-01-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-20
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
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GORDON, John Stephen appointed
director
2023-06-30
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JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth resigned
director
2023-06-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-15
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MCGHEE, Steven John appointed
director
2023-05-15
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CHRISTIE, Rory William resigned
director
2023-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-01
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-04-08
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-04-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-08
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appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2022-04-01
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RESOLIS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2022-03-31
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INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2021-09-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-23
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JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth appointed
director
2021-08-23
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RICHARDSON, Christopher Richard resigned
director
2021-05-10
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COLGAN, Gregory Thomas resigned
director
2021-05-10
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EMMOTT, Robert James appointed
director
2021-05-10
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FLIGHT, Alexander resigned
director
2020-07-30
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FLIGHT, Alexander appointed
director
2019-05-01
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BURGE, Richard William Francis resigned
director
2019-05-01
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CHRISTIE, Rory William appointed
director
2019-05-01
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GORDON, John Stephen resigned
director
2019-05-01
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RICHARDSON, Christopher Richard appointed
director
2019-05-01
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RICHARDSON, Christopher Richard resigned
director
2019-05-01
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RICHARDSON, Christopher Richard appointed
director
2017-06-19
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COLGAN, Gregory Thomas appointed
director
2017-06-19
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STEWART, Marjory May resigned
director
2016-04-01
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BAND, James Taylor resigned
secretary
2016-04-01
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INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2015-11-01
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GORDON, John Stephen appointed
director
2015-11-01
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MCDONAGH, John resigned
director
2015-04-30
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JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth resigned
secretary
2015-04-30
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MCEWAN, Alastair John Angus resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 80 events

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.

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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Crimson Project Investments Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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Elgin Infrastructure Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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DISCOVERY EDUCATION (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

This company · SC308017

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Crimson Project Investments Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Elgin Infrastructure Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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

Incorporated2006-09-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Resolis Limited Exchange Tower, 11th Floor

19 Canning Street

Edinburgh

EH3 8EG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-05

Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (4 active · 26 resigned)

RESOLIS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2022-04-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth→

director · ~61y · appointed 2024-01-29

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Active

MCGHEE, Steven John→

director · ~43y · appointed 2023-05-15

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Active

THOMSON, Paul Justin→

director · ~49y · appointed 2025-03-30

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Active

BAND, James Taylor→

secretary · appointed 2015-04-09 · resigned 2016-04-01

Resigned

JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth→

secretary · appointed 2006-11-13 · resigned 2015-04-30

Resigned

INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2022-03-31

Resigned

MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-04 · resigned 2007-01-16

Resigned

BOYLE, David Millar→

director · ~82y · appointed 2006-11-13 · resigned 2010-05-26

Resigned

BURGE, Richard William Francis→

director · ~67y · appointed 2015-04-09 · resigned 2019-05-01

Resigned

CHRISTIE, Rory William→

director · ~68y · appointed 2019-05-01 · resigned 2023-05-15

Resigned

CHRISTIE, Rory William→

director · ~68y · appointed 2013-11-18 · resigned 2014-08-13

Resigned

COLGAN, Gregory Thomas→

director · ~48y · appointed 2017-06-19 · resigned 2021-05-10

Resigned

DORWARD, David Keay→

director · ~72y · appointed 2007-04-26 · resigned 2009-09-01

Resigned

EMMOTT, Robert James→

director · ~55y · appointed 2021-05-10 · resigned 2025-03-30

Resigned

FLIGHT, Alexander→

director · ~62y · appointed 2020-07-30 · resigned 2021-05-10

Resigned

FORDYCE, Alan Peter→

director · ~59y · appointed 2006-11-13 · resigned 2015-03-18

Resigned

GORDON, John Stephen→

director · ~64y · appointed 2023-06-30 · resigned 2024-01-29

Resigned

GORDON, John Stephen→

director · ~64y · appointed 2015-11-01 · resigned 2019-05-01

Resigned

HONEYMAN, David→

director · ~59y · appointed 2010-05-27 · resigned 2013-10-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Prudential Trustee Company Prudential Trustee Company Limited	Fixed charge	1 property	27/02/2007	—
outstanding	Prudential Trustee Company Prudential Trustee Company Limited	Assignation in security	1 property	21/02/2007	—
outstanding	Prudential Trustee Company Prudential Trustee Company Limited	Floating charge	1 property	19/02/2007	—

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Recent filings (130 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2025-09-19

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-04-04

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-04-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2024-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-17

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-01-29

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-01-29

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2023-11-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2023-11-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-06

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-06-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-06-30

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-05-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-05-30