ABINGER HAMMER VILLAGE SCHOOL TRUST

🌳Matureactive

01648018 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1982-07-02

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Primary education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85590Other education n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

33 officers (8 active, 33 linked, 31 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

131 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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2025-09-25
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2024-09-26
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2023-09-27
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2022-09-29
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2021-09-25
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2021-09-14
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KENNINGTON, Tracy Dawn appointed
director
2021-09-14
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STRACHAN, Heather resigned
director
2021-09-14
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officers · TM01
2021-09-14
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2020-09-23
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2019-10-01
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2018-09-18
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2017-09-28
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2016-10-14
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2016-10-14
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2016-10-14
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2016-09-21
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O'BRIEN, Gillian Carol resigned
director
2016-09-20
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DAVEY, Cicely Catharine, Dr appointed
director
2016-09-20
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RIPPER, Karen Rosemary appointed
director
2016-09-20
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HURDLE, Joan resigned
director
2016-04-27
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CORKE, Sophie Denia appointed
director
2015-12-20
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CORKE, Shirley Frances resigned
director
2015-09-15
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CORKE, Emma Lucy appointed
secretary
2015-09-15
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CORKE, Emma Lucy appointed
director
2015-09-15
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CORKE, Shirley Frances resigned
secretary
2014-11-28
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BERRY, Anthony resigned
director
2014-11-21
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BUXTON, Margaret Evelyn resigned
director
2014-09-17
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BAKER, Marie resigned
director
2014-05-06
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STRACHAN, Heather appointed
director
2010-12-10
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WALKER, Justin Mark resigned
director
2009-12-09
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LEE, Terence Richard, Professor resigned
director
2006-05-10
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WALKER, Justin Mark appointed
director
2005-10-10
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BULLARD, Angela Ruth resigned
director
2003-04-03
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HURDLE, Joan appointed
director
2003-04-02
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O'BRIEN, Gillian Carol appointed
director
2002-04-03
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BUXTON, Margaret Evelyn appointed
director
2002-02-14
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DUNKIN, Karen Patricia resigned
director
2001-09-03
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CORKE, Hilary Topham resigned
director
2001-04-23
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CRAIG, Philip Ian Dickson resigned
director
2000-12-04
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BAKER, Marie appointed
director
2000-03-16
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RATNER, Richard Anthony resigned
director
1999-08-29
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INSKIP, Peter resigned
director
1997-04-16
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CRAIG, Philip Ian Dickson appointed
director
1995-07-24
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KNAPP, Neil resigned
director
1995-07-24
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SALMON, Carole Janette resigned
director
1994-12-08
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LEWIS, Peter Daniel Nicolas David appointed
director
1994-12-08
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PLUMMER, John Trevor Coombs resigned
director
1994-04-07
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BERRY, Anthony appointed
director
1994-03-10
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ROBIN STEPHEN, Tunnell resigned
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1982-07-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

Eversheds

Abinger Hammer

Dorking

Surrey

RH5 6QA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-29

Last: 2026-03-15