ACCESS SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC532630 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-14
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-07-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-01-11📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-01-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2016-04-15➕LECKIE, Jeanette appointeddirector
- 2016-04-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCESS SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LTD
- 2016-04-14➕LECKIE, Gerry appointeddirector
- 2016-04-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Jeanette Leckie Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 15/04/2016 |
Mr Gerry Leckie Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 14/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A & B EDUCATION LIMITED→ SC159176 · est 1995 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 30y | — | — |
| A2B (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC563193 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ACCOMMODATING FLEXIBLE TRAINING LTD→ SC773381 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AMMAZING LIMITED→ SC793131 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BESPOKE INTERIORS (SCOTLAND) LTD→ SC848587 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BIKETRIAL FEDERATION UK LIMITED→ SC559059 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| COLESTARTRAINING LTD→ SC595594 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| COULL COACHING LTD→ SC561356 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| COUNSELLING AND THERAPY WITH ZARA LTD→ SC804888 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CRANMORE TRAINING LTD→ SC858052 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CRCT LTD→ SC808622 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-04-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.
Registered office
29 Luggieburn Walk
Coatbridge
Lanarkshire
ML5 1EE
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
LECKIE, Gerry→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2016-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LECKIE, Jeanette→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2016-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (25 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-07-26