BROWNLEE SCHOOLS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC619654 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-30
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.
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year to Jan 2025
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Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85520Cultural education
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees900900

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-04-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-04-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-03-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-01-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BROWNLEE SCHOOLS LIMITED
  13. 2019-01-30
    ➕
    BROWN, Alexander John appointed
    director
  14. 2019-01-30
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    LITTLEJOHN, Suzanne appointed
    director
  15. 2019-01-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BROWN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Suzanne Littlejohn
Individual · British · DOB 04/1978 · age 48
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/01/2019

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
Incorporated2019-01-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

19 Bramble Glade
Livingston
EH54 9JL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BROWN, Alexander John→
director · ~52y · appointed 2019-01-30
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Active
LITTLEJOHN, Suzanne→
director · ~48y · appointed 2019-01-30
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08