ALBACARE TRAINING SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC368089 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-05
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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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 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-07
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    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-08-25
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2015-12-02
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  14. 2015-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-01-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-12-09
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    HICKMAN, Gary Alun resigned
    director
  17. 2009-11-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBACARE TRAINING SERVICES LTD.
  18. 2009-11-05
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    HICKMAN, Gary Alun appointed
    director
  19. 2009-11-05
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    HICKMAN, Geoffrey Paul, Mr. appointed
    director
  20. 2009-11-05
    ➕
    HICKMAN, Patricia Madge Welsh appointed
    director
  21. 2009-11-05
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    HICKMAN, Stefan Geoffrey Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2009-11-05
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2009-11-05
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2009-11-05
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    HICKMAN, Gary Alun appointed
    director
  25. 2009-11-05
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  26. 2009-11-05
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 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 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stefan Geoffrey Paul Hickman
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1978 · age 48
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/11/2016

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
Incorporated2009-11-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

14 Oakbank Park Way
Mid Calder
Livingston
EH53 0TH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

HICKMAN, Gary Alun→
director · ~46y · appointed 2009-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HICKMAN, Geoffrey Paul, Mr.→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HICKMAN, Patricia Madge Welsh→
director · ~78y · appointed 2009-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HICKMAN, Stefan Geoffrey Paul→
director · ~48y · appointed 2009-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-11-05 · resigned 2009-11-05
Resigned
HICKMAN, Gary Alun→
director · ~46y · appointed 2009-11-05 · resigned 2010-12-09
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-11-05 · resigned 2009-11-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-09