ACCADEMIA SAN FELICE

💤Zombieactive
03333932 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1997-03-14
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other reservation service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90020Support activities to performing arts
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-17
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    address · AD01
  3. 2024-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-12
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  6. 2022-07-01
    ➕
    DEL SIGNORE, Veronica appointed
    secretary
  7. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-04-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-02-28
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    SMITH, Tamsin Louisa resigned
    secretary
  18. 2004-02-12
    ➖
    DEL SIGNORE, Veronica resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-02-12
    ➕
    SMITH, Tamsin Louisa appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-02-12
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    DEL SIGNORE, Veronica resigned
    director
  21. 1997-03-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCADEMIA SAN FELICE
  22. 1997-03-14
    ➕
    CAVALLARI, Andrea appointed
    director
  23. 1997-03-14
    ➕
    DEL SIGNORE, Veronica appointed
    secretary
  24. 1997-03-14
    ➕
    DEL SIGNORE, Veronica appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrea Cavallari
Individual · Italian · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
——board controlboard control06/04/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated1997-03-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79909 — Other reservation service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

20 Chamberlain Street
Wells
Somerset
BA5 2PF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DEL SIGNORE, Veronica→
secretary · appointed 2022-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAVALLARI, Andrea→
director · ~62y · appointed 1997-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEL SIGNORE, Veronica→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-14 · resigned 2004-02-12
Resigned
SMITH, Tamsin Louisa→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-12 · resigned 2014-02-28
Resigned
DEL SIGNORE, Veronica→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-03-14 · resigned 2004-02-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16