MACAULAY COLLEGE C.I.C.

🌳Matureactive
SC380232 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-06-11
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
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not disclosed
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 (59/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
47 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-12-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2023-12-19
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  8. 2023-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  13. 2021-02-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-02-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-02-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2021-02-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2021-02-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2012-12-03
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    WILSON, Brian David Henderson appointed
    director
  20. 2010-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As MACAULAY COLLEGE C.I.C.
  21. 2010-06-11
    ➕
    ENGEBRETSON, Roland Christian Douglas Schau appointed
    director
  22. 2010-06-11
    ➕
    LINDSAY, Rebecca Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roland Christian Douglas Schau Engebretsen
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1981 · age 45
——sig. influencesignificant influence08/04/2017
Miss Rebecca Anne Lindsay
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1984 · age 42
——sig. influencesignificant influence08/04/2017
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Rebecca Anne Engebretsenceased 07/04/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Brian David Henderson Wilsonceased 07/04/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Roland Christian Douglas Schau Engebretsenceased 06/04/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2010-06-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Lochs Road
Stornoway
Western Isles
HS2 9JN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ENGEBRETSON, Roland Christian Douglas Schau→
director · ~45y · appointed 2010-06-11
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Active
LINDSAY, Rebecca Anne→
director · ~42y · appointed 2010-06-11
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Active
WILSON, Brian David Henderson→
director · ~78y · appointed 2012-12-03
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Active

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-19
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02