ALTA EDUCATION LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC784684 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-03
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£3.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,013

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
Net Worth
£3k
Current Assets
£7k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-31
Total assets£3.0k
Current assets£7.3k
Cash£5.2k
Debtors£2.1k
Net assets£3.0k

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

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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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2023-10-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALTA EDUCATION LTD
  3. 2023-10-03
    MACKLE, Kieran Anthony appointed
    director
  4. 2023-10-03
    WELSH, Stuart John appointed
    director
  5. 2023-10-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart John Welsh
Individual · British · DOB 10/1978 · age 48
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control03/10/2023
Mr Kieran Anthony Mackle
Individual · Irish · DOB 04/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control03/10/2023

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
Incorporated2023-10-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

C/O Robb Ferguson Chartered Accountants Regent Court
70 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 2QZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACKLE, Kieran Anthony
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-10-03
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Active
WELSH, Stuart John
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-10-03
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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-10-03