CAROUSEL TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC317075 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-22

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£2

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 £2

Very low cash

Cash position: £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2

Net Worth

£2

~ YoY

Current Assets

£2

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£2	£2
Current assets	£2	£2
Cash	£2	—
Net assets	£2	£2

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-11-26
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2024-04-16
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2022-11-11
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2021-05-20
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2020-03-12
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2019-07-30
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2018-04-19
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accounts · AA
2017-10-16
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accounts · AA
2016-06-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-02-09
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-02-10
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-09-23
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2014-02-18
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2007-02-22
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Company incorporated
As CAROUSEL TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED
2007-02-22
➕
LOGAN, Isabella appointed
secretary
2007-02-22
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LOGAN, Isabella appointed
director
2007-02-22
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REID, Fiona appointed
director
2007-02-22
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-02-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-02-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2007-02-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Fiona Reid Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Isabella Logan Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-02-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

C/O Kelvin Partnership

505 Great Western Road

Glasgow

G12 8HN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-01

Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LOGAN, Isabella→

secretary · appointed 2007-02-22

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Active

LOGAN, Isabella→

director · ~68y · appointed 2007-02-22

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Active

REID, Fiona→

director · ~64y · appointed 2007-02-22

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-02-22 · resigned 2007-02-22

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-02-22 · resigned 2007-02-22

Resigned

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