PEATY NOSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC481258 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-02
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-109.2k
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £109,208

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£109k
↓ 9.4% YoY
Current Assets
£644
↓ 63% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£109k-£87k-£65k-£43k-£20k£2kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£644£1.7k
Current assets£644£1.7k
Net assets£-109.2k£-99.9k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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  2. 2025-04-25
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  3. 2024-04-29
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  4. 2023-05-01
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  5. 2022-04-29
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  6. 2021-04-26
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  7. 2020-04-28
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  8. 2019-04-18
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  9. 2018-04-25
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  10. 2017-04-21
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  11. 2016-03-31
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  12. 2015-08-15
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  13. 2014-12-01
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  14. 2014-12-01
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  15. 2014-12-01
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2014-07-02
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    Company incorporated
    As PEATY NOSE LIMITED
  17. 2014-07-02
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    SIM, Callum Downie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2014-07-02
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    SIM, Callum Downie appointed
    director
  19. 2014-07-02
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    SIM, Peter Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Peter Robert Sim
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2014-07-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Beech Cottage
Elphinstone Road
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
AB51 3UR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SIM, Callum Downie→
secretary · appointed 2014-07-02
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SIM, Callum Downie→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-07-02
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SIM, Peter Robert→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-07-02
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Recent filings (26 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
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accounts · AA
2025-04-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2023-05-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
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2022-04-29
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2021-07-02
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2021-04-26
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2020-08-14
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2020-04-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-20
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accounts · AA
2019-04-18