ASPIRE ACADEMY GLASGOW LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC734779 · ltd · incorporated 2022-06-07
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.
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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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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, 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
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-23
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2022-06-13
    CRUICKSHANKS, Marc appointed
    director
  6. 2022-06-13
    DONNELLY, Claire appointed
    director
  7. 2022-06-13
    DEANE, David William resigned
    director
  8. 2022-06-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2022-06-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-06-13
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-06-13
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-06-13
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2022-06-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2022-06-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASPIRE ACADEMY GLASGOW LIMITED
  15. 2022-06-07
    DEANE, David William appointed
    director
  16. 2022-06-07
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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.)

Group structure

Aspire Industrial (Scotland) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aspire Industrial (Scotland) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ASPIRE ACADEMY GLASGOW LIMITED
This company · SC734779

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aspire Industrial (Scotland) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/06/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David William Deaneceased 13/06/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2022-06-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC14190 — SIC 14190

Registered office

17 Kelvin Avenue
Hillington Park
Glasgow
G52 4LT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CRUICKSHANKS, Marc
director · ~38y · appointed 2022-06-13
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Active
DONNELLY, Claire
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-06-13
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Active
DEANE, David William
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-06-07 · resigned 2022-06-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-06-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-06-07