ABERDOUR SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST

🌳Matureactive

00998221 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1970-12-28

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 54.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Aug 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). 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 54.3y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 54.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

40 officers (8 active, 40 linked, 36 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

164 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	74	7300

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (83 events)Click to expand

2026-05-27
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accounts · AA
2026-02-24
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officers · AP01
2026-02-12
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SANFORD, Jacqueline Ann appointed
director
2026-01-27
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officers · AP01
2025-10-02
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LASCELLES, Mark John appointed
director
2025-07-02
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officers · TM01
2025-07-02
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officers · TM01
2025-06-30
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MCKERCHAR, Moira Elizabeth resigned
director
2025-06-30
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SENIOR, David Norman, Reverend resigned
director
2025-05-29
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accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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accounts · AA
2023-05-30
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accounts · AA
2022-07-18
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accounts · AA
2021-04-16
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accounts · AA
2021-03-05
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officers · AP01
2021-03-03
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PETTIT, Michael John appointed
director
2021-02-16
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officers · TM01
2020-05-27
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FARMER, Michael Charles resigned
director
2020-05-06
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accounts · AA
2020-03-30
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officers · TM01
2020-03-30
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officers · TM01
2020-03-18
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NICOL, Richard Craig resigned
director
2020-03-18
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STRUTT, Carole Joyce resigned
director
2019-11-05
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officers · AP01
2019-10-04
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SENIOR, David Norman, Reverend appointed
director
2019-07-09
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officers · CH01
2019-07-08
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officers · AP01
2019-07-03
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MCKERCHAR, Moira Elizabeth appointed
director
2018-07-02
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MALLETT, Nicholas Henry Keene resigned
director
2018-05-09
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VALENTINE, Michael John appointed
secretary
2018-01-17
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DICKERSON, Peter John appointed
director
2017-07-05
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MALLETT, Nicholas Henry Keene appointed
director
2017-04-19
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MCKERCHAR, Moira Elizabeth resigned
director
2016-03-10
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GOODERSON, Colin Stephen resigned
director
2015-09-22
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DAVIE, Donald appointed
director
2015-07-15
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FARMER, Michael Charles appointed
director
2015-05-05
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CHIGNELL, James Brian resigned
secretary
2015-05-05
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CHIGNELL, James Brian resigned
director
2015-03-18
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GLADMAN, Shirley Joan resigned
director
2014-12-03
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MONAGHAN, Rosena Mary appointed
director
2014-10-17
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TEASDALE, Sarah Elizabeth resigned
director
2014-10-06
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COLLIER, Martin Anthony Richard resigned
director
2014-03-04
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MOORE, Nancie Armitage resigned
director
2014-03-04
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STRUTT, Carole Joyce appointed
director
2012-11-07
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TEASDALE, Sarah Elizabeth appointed
director
2012-07-04
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BORTHWICK, Stephen Robert resigned
director
2011-12-06
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COLLIER, Martin Anthony Richard appointed
director
2010-03-19
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CHIGNELL, James Brian appointed
director
2010-03-13
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CHIGNELL, James Brian appointed
secretary
2010-03-13
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MEZZETTI, Adrian Joseph resigned
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 83 events

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 83 — 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 83 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 ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: MCKERCHAR, Moira Elizabeth resigned 2025-06-30; SENIOR, David Norman, Reverend resigned 2025-06-30

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1970-12-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

Aberdour School

Brighton Road

Burgh Heath

Surrey

KT20 6AJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-21

Last: 2025-06-07