CHAIGELEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

🌳Matureactive

03301881 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1997-01-14

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 28.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Primary education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85310General secondary education
85590Other education n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 28.6y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 28.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

61 officers (9 active, 61 linked, 53 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

195 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 miscellaneous

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 miscellaneous

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (138 events)Click to expand

2026-06-29
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officers · AP01
2026-06-29
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officers · TM01
2026-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-06-01
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legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2026-05-06
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MORRIS, Carl appointed
director
2026-05-06
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OGUNDIPE, Beloved Oluwatomi resigned
director
2026-01-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-31
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ATHERTON, Jilly-Ann resigned
director
2025-08-31
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MIDDLETON, Hannah resigned
director
2025-08-31
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OLDFIELD, Martin resigned
director
2025-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-03-05
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PARKER, Elizabeth resigned
director
2024-11-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
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CARTER, Jackie appointed
director
2024-05-07
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MCCAIG, Gemma Sarah appointed
director
2024-05-07
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OGUNDIPE, Beloved Oluwatomi appointed
director
2024-01-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
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PEERS, Claire resigned
director
2023-03-09
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change-of-constitution · CC04
2023-03-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-27
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CONNOLLY, Olivia resigned
director
2022-12-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-01
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BROOKS, Hilary appointed
director
2022-08-31
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LUKEY, Judith resigned
director
2022-05-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
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RICHARDS, Jonathan resigned
director
2021-12-14
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BOOTHROYD, Stephen Robert resigned
director
2021-11-17
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HENNESSEY, Michael John resigned
director
2021-01-01
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CONNOLLY, Olivia appointed
director
2021-01-01
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OLDFIELD, Martin appointed
director
2021-01-01
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PARKER, Elizabeth appointed
director
2021-01-01
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RICHARDS, Jonathan appointed
director
2020-10-02
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SILK, Eric James resigned
director
2020-10-02
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YATES, Ethel resigned
director
2020-07-01
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NISBET, Amy Catherine appointed
director
2020-07-01
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MIDDLETON, Hannah appointed
director
2020-07-01
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PEERS, Claire appointed
director
2020-04-01
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ASHTON, David resigned
director
2019-08-22
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BOHM, Barbara Kay resigned
director
2019-05-14
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O'GORMAN, Frank resigned
director
2018-11-01
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ASHTON, David appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 138 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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 ·

4 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: ATHERTON, Jilly-Ann resigned 2025-08-31; MIDDLETON, Hannah resigned 2025-08-31; OGUNDIPE, Beloved Oluwatomi resigned 2026-05-06

Group structure

Trustees holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Trustees

Corporate parent

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CHAIGELEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

This company · 03301881

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
Trustees Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest	01/09/2021

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr William Howellceased 01/09/2021· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
Mr Michael John Hennesseyceased 31/08/2020· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1997-01-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

Chaigeley School Lymm Road

Thelwall

Warrington

WA4 2TE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-20

Last: 2026-01-06