BURGESS HILL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS COMPANY

🌳Matureactive

00289787 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1934-07-02

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 64.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85200Primary education
85310General secondary education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

9 live charges · oldest 64.9y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 64.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)

Directors & officers

87 officers (6 active, 87 linked, 74 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

296 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31
Average employees	113

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 8 mortgage
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 8 mortgage
• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (196 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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mortgage · MR04
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Charge satisfied #8
2026-05-05
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Charge satisfied #7
2026-05-05
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Charge satisfied #6
2026-05-05
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Charge satisfied #5
2026-05-05
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2026-05-05
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2026-05-05
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2026-05-05
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Charge satisfied #1
2026-04-28
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officers · TM01
2026-04-27
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ROSS, Emma Zoe, Dr resigned
director
2026-04-27
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accounts · AA
2026-03-27
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WATT, Victoria Amy resigned
director
2026-03-27
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officers · TM01
2026-02-10
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officers · TM01
2026-02-09
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BARNWELL, Richard resigned
director
2025-09-02
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officers · TM01
2025-09-02
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officers · AP01
2025-09-02
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officers · TM02
2025-09-02
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officers · AP03
2025-09-01
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PRESTON, Karen appointed
secretary
2025-09-01
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THORNTON-WOOD, Simon Peard, Dr appointed
director
2025-08-31
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HOWSON, Kirsty resigned
secretary
2025-08-31
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SMITH, Alison Doreen, Dr resigned
director
2025-08-05
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officers · TM01
2025-07-04
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GIBBS, Wendy resigned
director
2025-02-03
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officers · TM01
2025-01-29
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BURNAGE, Thomas Christopher resigned
director
2024-12-17
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accounts · AA
2024-07-31
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officers · AP01
2024-07-30
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BARNWELL, Richard appointed
director
2024-07-24
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2024-07-24
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2024-07-24
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2024-07-05
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KAY, Rachel resigned
director
2024-05-31
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HOWSON, Kirsty appointed
secretary
2024-05-31
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MILES, Graeme Alan resigned
secretary
2024-03-18
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GAVIN, Bethany Kathryn appointed
director
2024-03-18
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HUNTER, Jessica appointed
director
2024-03-18
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ROSS, Emma Zoe, Dr appointed
director
2023-12-06
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CONDIE, Stuart James appointed
director
2023-12-06
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CONDIE, Stuart James resigned
director
2023-12-04
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HILL, Roy Keith John appointed
director

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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HILL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.

Red flags

2 med ·

5 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HOWSON, Kirsty resigned 2025-08-31; BARNWELL, Richard resigned 2026-02-09; ROSS, Emma Zoe, Dr resigned 2026-04-27

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1934-07-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Burgess Hill School

Keymer Road

Burgess Hill

West Sussex

RH15 0EG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-17

Last: 2026-01-03