CHAPTER HOUSE PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01759451 · ltd · incorporated 1983-10-06
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 28.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.4y

95/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £3,712,894
Turned profitable
Returned to profit this year

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Turnover—£1.96M
Gross profit—£413.0k
Operating profit—£-744.6k
Profit before tax£3.71M£-744.6k
Average employees2003300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2019-10-11
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    MARTIN, Francis David resigned
    director
  11. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2017-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-10-23
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    MARTIN, Brian Richard resigned
    director
  17. 2015-10-23
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    MARTIN, Elizabeth resigned
    director
  18. 2015-10-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2015-09-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2014-01-31
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    HALL, Christopher James appointed
    secretary
  21. 2014-01-31
    ➕
    HALL, Christopher James appointed
    director
  22. 2014-01-31
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    GRIFFIN, Christopher Alan resigned
    secretary
  23. 2014-01-31
    ➖
    GRIFFIN, Christopher Alan resigned
    director
  24. 2010-01-08
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    MARTIN, Amy Katherine appointed
    director
  25. 1998-03-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  26. 1992-11-01
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    GRIFFIN, Christopher Alan appointed
    director
  27. 1992-11-01
    ➕
    MARTIN, Francis David appointed
    director
  28. 1983-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As CHAPTER HOUSE PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED

Owner dependency

68/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
The Collegiate Formation Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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The Collegiate Formation Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CHAPTER HOUSE PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED
This company · 01759451

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Collegiate Formation Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest06/04/2016
The Collegiate Formation Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1983-10-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Thorpe Underwood Hall
Ouseburn
York
YO26 9SZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-30
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

HALL, Christopher James→
secretary · appointed 2014-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALL, Christopher James→
director · ~57y · appointed 2014-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARTIN, Amy Katherine→
director · ~43y · appointed 2010-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFIN, Christopher Alan→
secretary · resigned 2014-01-31
Resigned
GRIFFIN, Christopher Alan→
director · ~83y · appointed 1992-11-01 · resigned 2014-01-31
Resigned
MARTIN, Brian Richard→
director · ~77y · resigned 2015-10-23
Resigned
MARTIN, Elizabeth→
director · ~75y · resigned 2015-10-23
Resigned
MARTIN, Francis David→
director · ~59y · appointed 1992-11-01 · resigned 2019-10-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Debenture deed1 property09/03/199810/09/2015

Recent filings (107 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-09-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-10-21