LANGUAGE OPEN LEARNING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC662124 · ltd · incorporated 2020-05-26
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£0
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Web portals
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£0
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£0£0
Net assets£0£0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-01-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-04-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-04-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-04-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-05-26
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    Company incorporated
    As LANGUAGE OPEN LEARNING LTD
  15. 2020-05-26
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Richard James appointed
    director
  16. 2020-05-26
    ➕
    THORKILDSEN, Kenneth Philip appointed
    director
  17. 2020-05-26
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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 age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kenneth Philip Thorkildsen
Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/05/2020
Mr Richard James Robertson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/05/2020

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
Incorporated2020-05-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC63120 — Web portals

Registered office

33 Arbirlot Road
Arbroath
DD11 2EW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Richard James→
director · ~73y · appointed 2020-05-26
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Active
THORKILDSEN, Kenneth Philip→
director · ~55y · appointed 2020-05-26
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Active

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Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-12