AUTISM INITIATIVES (UK)

🌳Matureactive

02436777 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1989-10-26

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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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Primary education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85310General secondary education
87300Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
88990Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

27 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 31.3y

40/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 31.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 53/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

27 charges (27/27 with lender, 27/27 with type)

Directors & officers

53 officers (9 active, 53 linked, 51 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

252 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	164	227200

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

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3 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

• 6 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 6 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 8 officers
• 3 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (159 events)Click to expand

2026-06-23
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2026-06-18
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2026-06-17
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officers · CH01
2026-06-17
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officers · CH03
2026-06-17
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officers · CH01
2026-02-09
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officers · TM01
2026-02-05
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MATTHEWS, Louise Patricia resigned
director
2026-02-03
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officers · CH01
2026-01-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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2025-12-03
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officers · CH01
2025-11-28
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officers · TM01
2025-11-28
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officers · TM01
2025-11-27
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OWEN, Carys resigned
director
2025-11-27
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WILLIAMS, Brian Edward resigned
director
2025-09-25
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accounts · AA
2025-07-30
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GALLAGHER, Nicola Frances appointed
director
2025-07-24
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LOWE, Emma Louise appointed
director
2025-07-24
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ROITH, Jerome Samuel Magnus appointed
director
2025-07-24
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MATTHEWS, Louise Patricia appointed
director
2025-07-24
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ROITH, Jerome Samuel Magnus appointed
director
2025-07-24
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ROITH, Jerome Samuel Magnus resigned
director
2025-07-24
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2024-10-14
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2023-07-26
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HERON, Eileen resigned
director
2022-05-06
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GRAINGER, Andrew Robert appointed
director
2020-06-22
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HERON, Eileen appointed
director
2020-01-29
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Charge satisfied #11
2020-01-28
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Charge satisfied #19
2020-01-28
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Charge satisfied #15
2020-01-28
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Charge satisfied #14
2020-01-28
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Charge satisfied #13
2020-01-28
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Charge satisfied #12
2020-01-28
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Charge satisfied #10
2020-01-28
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Charge satisfied #9
2020-01-28
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Charge satisfied #8
2020-01-28
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Charge satisfied #7
2020-01-28
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Charge satisfied #6
2020-01-28
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-01-10
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HISCOCK, Sian Elizabeth resigned
director
2019-01-11
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COOIL, Elizabeth Marie appointed
director
2018-01-08
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MCGRADY, Conaill Brian resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 159 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

-8 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 78 — 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 78 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

2 med ·

4 director resignations in last 12 months

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

Evidence: MATTHEWS, Louise Patricia resigned 2026-02-05; OWEN, Carys resigned 2025-11-27; ROITH, Jerome Samuel Magnus resigned 2025-07-24

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.

Group structure

Autism Initiatives Group holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Autism Initiatives Group

Corporate parent

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AUTISM INITIATIVES (UK)

This company · 02436777

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Autism Initiatives Group Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/04/2017

6 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Elizabeth Veronica Slaterceased 03/02/2026· significant influence
Mrs Rosario Veronica Carterceased 03/02/2026· significant influence
Mr Brian Edward Williamsceased 27/11/2025· significant influence
Ms Sian Elizabeth Hiscockceased 20/01/2020· significant influence
Mr Martin Andrew Mercerceased 30/01/2018· significant influence
Mr Conaill Brian Mcgradyceased 08/01/2018· significant influence

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

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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-limited-exemption

Incorporated1989-10-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

Sefton House

Bridle Road

Bootle

Merseyside

L30 4XR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-09

Last: 2025-10-26