THE SCOTTISH PAINTING AND DECORATING APPRENTICESHIP COUNCIL

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SC375654 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2010-03-26

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

14 officers (7 active, 14 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-01-08
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officers · CH03
2026-01-08
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officers · CH01
2026-01-07
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officers · CH01
2025-07-14
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officers · TM01
2025-07-01
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BENNETT, Paul resigned
director
2025-06-04
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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officers · CH01
2024-08-28
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accounts · AA
2023-07-24
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accounts · AA
2022-08-09
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accounts · AA
2021-06-22
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accounts · AA
2020-12-13
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accounts · AA
2019-04-11
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2018-05-09
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accounts · AA
2017-05-12
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accounts · AA
2016-12-13
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DILLON, Steven Joseph appointed
director
2016-12-13
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BENNETT, Paul appointed
director
2016-12-13
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FREW, Harry resigned
director
2016-12-13
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MCLAREN, Joseph resigned
director
2015-05-14
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MCDONALD, Donald Brownlie appointed
director
2015-05-14
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MITCHELL, James Samson resigned
director
2012-08-05
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KEENAN, Brendan James appointed
director
2012-05-09
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NICOLSON, Barrie John appointed
director
2012-03-27
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KEENAN, Brendan resigned
director
2012-03-26
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SKENE, Ralph appointed
director
2012-03-26
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KEENAN, Brendan appointed
director
2010-11-30
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NICOLSON, George resigned
director
2010-11-17
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REAT, David resigned
director
2010-03-26
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Company incorporated
As THE SCOTTISH PAINTING AND DECORATING APPRENTICESHIP COUNCIL
2010-03-26
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ROGERS, Ian Hart appointed
secretary
2010-03-26
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ROGERS, Ian Hart appointed
director
2010-03-26
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FREW, Harry appointed
director
2010-03-26
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MCLAREN, Joseph appointed
director
2010-03-26
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MITCHELL, James Samson appointed
director
2010-03-26
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NICOLSON, George appointed
director
2010-03-26
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REAT, David appointed
director

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

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 85 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.)

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CELLFIELD READING MATTERS UK LTD→ SC239953 · est 2002	—	—	—	300	23y	82	65y
THE MEADOWS NURSERY SCHOOL LTD.→ SC242879 · est 2003	—	—	£200.9k	—	23y	82	68y
ADVENTURE EMERGENCY CARE LIMITED→ SC161395 · est 1995	—	—	£10	—	30y	80	62y
DOLLAR NURSERY HOLDINGS LTD→ SC424591 · est 2012	—	—	—	—	13y	80	62y
DOLLAR NURSERY SCHOOL LTD→ SC270966 · est 2004	—	—	—	2600	21y	80	62y
INDEPENDENT TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ SC256315 · est 2003	—	—	—	400	22y	80	65y
LRN2DRIVE LTD→ SC322660 · est 2007	—	—	—	—	19y	80	74y
NJP CONSULTANCY AND TRAINING LTD.→ SC300888 · est 2006	—	—	£3.6k	—	20y	80	73y
OPP4CHANGE LTD→ SC386452 · est 2010	—	—	—	—	15y	80	77y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2010-03-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

Castlecraig Business Park

Players Road

Stirling

FK7 7SH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-26

Last: 2025-12-12