CIE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03131867 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-29
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
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-21.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £21,825
Cash YoY
+1407%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↑ 1407% YoY
Net Worth
-£22k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↑ 112% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£37k-£25k-£13k-£917£11k£23kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£-1.8k£-22.4k
Current assets£23.4k£11.0k
Cash£9.0k£598
Net assets£-21.8k£-37.3k

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

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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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  2. 2024-08-07
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2022-08-24
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  5. 2021-08-25
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  6. 2020-11-26
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  7. 2019-06-20
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  8. 2018-08-31
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  9. 2017-07-12
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  10. 2017-06-12
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  11. 2017-06-09
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    HU, Yanping appointed
    director
  12. 2016-07-24
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  13. 2015-12-14
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  14. 2015-08-28
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  15. 2014-12-27
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  16. 2014-08-29
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  17. 2007-08-01
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    JIN, Zi Hao resigned
    director
  18. 2000-02-10
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    HUTCHINGS, Andrew Wyatt appointed
    director
  19. 2000-02-09
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    HU, Yan Ping resigned
    director
  20. 2000-02-09
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    JIN, Zi Hao appointed
    director
  21. 1995-11-29
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    Company incorporated
    As CIE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED
  22. 1995-11-29
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    JIN, Yu Xian appointed
    secretary
  23. 1995-11-29
    ➕
    JIN, Yu Xian appointed
    director
  24. 1995-11-29
    ➕
    MAN, Pui Ching appointed
    secretary
  25. 1995-11-29
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    MAN, Pui Ching resigned
    secretary
  26. 1995-11-29
    ➕
    HU, Yan Ping appointed
    director
  27. 1995-11-29
    ➕
    WONG, Chau Ping appointed
    director
  28. 1995-11-29
    ➖
    WONG, Chau Ping resigned
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

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 78 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 31 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Yuxian Jin
Individual · Chinese · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-11-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

Unit 1 175 Haxby Road
York
North Yorkshire
YO31 8JL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

JIN, Yu Xian→
secretary · appointed 1995-11-29
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Active
HU, Yanping→
director · ~62y · appointed 2017-06-09
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Active
HUTCHINGS, Andrew Wyatt→
director · ~78y · appointed 2000-02-10
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Active
JIN, Yu Xian→
director · ~65y · appointed 1995-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAN, Pui Ching→
secretary · appointed 1995-11-29 · resigned 1995-11-29
Resigned
HU, Yan Ping→
director · ~62y · appointed 1995-11-29 · resigned 2000-02-09
Resigned
JIN, Zi Hao→
director · ~52y · appointed 2000-02-09 · resigned 2007-08-01
Resigned
WONG, Chau Ping→
director · ~66y · appointed 1995-11-29 · resigned 1995-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

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2025-11-17
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2025-08-26
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2024-11-26
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2024-08-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
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2020-11-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-11
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accounts · AA
2019-06-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-28