RIGHT OPTIONS PARTNERS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC700040 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2021-05-27
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£20.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. 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, 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £20,785
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£21k
↑ 175% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£28k-£17k-£6k£6k£17k£28kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£21.8k£28.3k
Current assets£21.6k£27.7k
Cash—£27.7k
Net assets£20.8k£-27.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-01
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    address · AD01
  6. 2021-11-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-11-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2021-10-15
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    MCFADZEAN, Marion Margaret resigned
    director
  9. 2021-06-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2021-06-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2021-06-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2021-06-25
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  13. 2021-05-27
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    Company incorporated
    As RIGHT OPTIONS PARTNERS LTD
  14. 2021-05-27
    ➕
    BRYSON, Margaret Ann appointed
    director
  15. 2021-05-27
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Chris appointed
    director
  16. 2021-05-27
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    MCFADZEAN, Marion Margaret appointed
    director
  17. 2021-05-27
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 74 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 Chris Sutherland
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence27/05/2021
Mrs Margaret Ann Bryson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence27/05/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Marion Margaret Mcfadzeanceased 15/10/2021· significant influence

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
Incorporated2021-05-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

6 Crofthead Road
Prestwick
KA9 1HW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-09
Last: 2025-05-26

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BRYSON, Margaret Ann→
director · ~74y · appointed 2021-05-27
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Active
SUTHERLAND, Chris→
director · ~59y · appointed 2021-05-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCFADZEAN, Marion Margaret→
director · ~59y · appointed 2021-05-27 · resigned 2021-10-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-11-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-06-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-06-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-06-25
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-06-25