COUNTRYSIDE LEARNING SCOTLAND

🌳Matureactive

SC326213 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2007-06-22

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

23 officers (7 active, 23 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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

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	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	700	500

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-10
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STEVENSON, Tony George appointed
director
2025-12-10
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CAMPBELL MORRISON, Jane Mary resigned
director
2025-06-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-05
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SOMERVILLE, Craig Robert resigned
director
2025-03-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-05
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STOCKWELL, Christopher John appointed
director
2025-03-05
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THOMSON, Mary Elizabeth, Dr resigned
director
2025-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
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MCADAM, Douglas Malcolm resigned
director
2025-01-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-10
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PACE, Julian Alfred appointed
director
2024-12-10
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BROWNE, Ralland resigned
director
2024-03-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
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SOMERVILLE, Craig Robert appointed
director
2023-10-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-20
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STEWART, Deirdre Fraser resigned
director
2023-03-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-21
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CAMPBELL MORRISON, Jane Mary appointed
director
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-07
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THOMSON, Mary Elizabeth, Dr appointed
director
2022-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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ANDREWS, Anthony Peter Hamilton resigned
director
2021-03-31
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HOPKINS, Keith resigned
director
2021-03-31
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MCADAM, Douglas Malcolm appointed
director
2020-03-31
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HOWMAN, Jean Bruce resigned
director
2019-04-04
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TINSON, Paul James resigned
director
2019-03-31
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BROWNE, Ralland appointed
director
2019-03-31
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HOPKINS, Keith appointed
director
2018-07-01
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RITCHIE, David resigned
director
2016-05-19
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STEWART, Deirdre Fraser appointed
director
2016-02-03
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RITCHIE, David appointed
director
2014-06-01
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ROBERTSON, Ian appointed
secretary
2014-04-01
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TURNBULL, Fiona resigned
secretary
2014-02-04
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DRYSDALE, James Cunison appointed
director
2014-02-04
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SIMPSON, Nicola appointed
director
2013-05-29
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CHALMERS-WATSON, Nicola resigned
secretary
2013-05-29
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TURNBULL, Fiona appointed
secretary
2012-10-31
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TINSON, Paul James appointed
director
2011-12-08
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JOHNSTONE, Alexander resigned
director
2009-01-19
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TOWNS, Alexander resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 59 events

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: CAMPBELL MORRISON, Jane Mary resigned 2025-12-10; SOMERVILLE, Craig Robert resigned 2025-06-05

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Hamilton Robertson Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

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

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2007-06-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Top Office 1

Upper Allan Street

Blairgowrie

Perthshire

PH10 6HL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-12

Last: 2026-03-29