KENNEDY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00875915 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1966-03-31

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 53.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 53.2y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 53.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

43 officers (8 active, 43 linked, 40 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

177 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (86 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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2026-03-25
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officers · TM01
2026-03-25
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officers · TM01
2026-03-19
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KITTOW, Digory Edward John resigned
director
2026-03-19
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MILLS, Sean Richard resigned
director
2025-10-31
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officers · TM01
2025-10-30
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SHARP, Rebecca Jane resigned
director
2025-10-20
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officers · AP01
2025-10-16
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MACKLEY, Samantha Catherine Angela appointed
director
2025-05-13
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accounts · AA
2025-03-20
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THOMPSON, Moyra Helen appointed
director
2025-03-20
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officers · AP01
2024-01-18
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accounts · AA
2022-12-08
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accounts · AA
2022-01-05
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accounts · AA
2021-01-20
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officers · CH01
2020-12-22
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accounts · AA
2020-09-04
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officers · TM01
2020-08-31
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BARRY, Karen Domitillia resigned
director
2020-01-23
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accounts · AA
2019-08-05
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officers · CH01
2019-07-15
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officers · TM01
2019-07-05
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READ, Ann resigned
director
2019-04-24
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officers · TM01
2019-04-24
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officers · AP01
2019-03-21
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SHARP, Rebecca Jane appointed
director
2019-03-21
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WINGROVE, Lorraine resigned
director
2017-12-01
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BADGER, Stephen Lewis resigned
director
2017-03-14
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GRAY, Edward Earl C resigned
director
2016-11-15
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KELSEY, David Richard appointed
director
2016-11-15
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MILLS, Sean Richard appointed
director
2015-03-03
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BAINES, Christine Anne resigned
director
2014-10-16
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MACKLEY, John Francis resigned
director
2013-11-14
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BAINES, Christine Anne appointed
director
2013-06-13
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BARRY, Karen Domitillia appointed
director
2013-03-06
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EYSELE, Antony Luke resigned
director
2012-11-05
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Charge satisfied #1
2012-03-13
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HOPWOOD, Paul resigned
director
2011-09-22
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BADGER, Stephen Lewis appointed
director
2011-03-09
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WOODTHORPE, Anthony Edmund resigned
director
2010-06-10
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EYSELE, Antony Luke appointed
director
2010-06-10
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KITTOW, Digory Edward John appointed
director
2010-03-11
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HEWS, Anne Cornell resigned
director
2009-03-25
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2009-03-05
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MOSS, Paul resigned
director
2009-03-05
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POINTS, Peter Douglas Clare resigned
director
2008-11-13
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BARNETT, Simon Mark appointed
director
2007-07-05
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BLOOM, Alfred resigned
director
2006-05-25
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HOPWOOD, Paul appointed
director
2006-02-23
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CLIFFORD, Janet Mary resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: KITTOW, Digory Edward John resigned 2026-03-19; MILLS, Sean Richard resigned 2026-03-19; SHARP, Rebecca Jane resigned 2025-10-30

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1966-03-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Shoreham College

St Julian's Lane

Shoreham-By-Sea

West Sussex

BN43 6YW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-27

Last: 2026-02-13