ALBEMARLE EDUCATION LTD.

🌳Matureactive

03387138 · ltd · incorporated 1997-06-16

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 28.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£356.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: General secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 28.8y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 28.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £356,736

Cash YoY

+13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£304k

↑ 13% YoY

Net Worth

£357k

↑ 5.1% YoY

Current Assets

£561k

↑ 25% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£356.7k	£378.4k
Current assets	£561.4k	£449.6k
Cash	£303.8k	£267.7k
Debtors	£257.6k	£181.9k
Net assets	£356.7k	£339.4k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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2025-03-27
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2023-01-26
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2022-03-11
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2021-03-30
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2019-10-15
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2019-03-29
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2018-05-31
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accounts · AA
2017-07-07
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2017-07-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-07-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-06-19
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accounts · AA
2016-06-17
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annual-return · AR01
2016-06-17
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officers · CH01
2016-03-31
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2002-11-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Grosvenor West End Properties
1999-11-30
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MELLON, Beverley appointed
secretary
1999-11-30
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GODDARD, Ruth Elaine resigned
secretary
1999-11-30
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GODDARD, Ruth Elaine resigned
director
1997-08-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1997-06-16
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Company incorporated
As ALBEMARLE EDUCATION LTD.
1997-06-16
➕
EYTLE, James Andrew appointed
director
1997-06-16
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MELLON, Beverley appointed
director
1997-06-16
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GODDARD, Ruth Elaine appointed
secretary
1997-06-16
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-06-16
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-06-16
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GODDARD, Ruth Elaine appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Andrew Eytle Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr David Game Individual · British · DOB 09/1943 · age 83	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Ms Beverley Mellon Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1997-06-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85310 — General secondary education

Registered office

8b Accommodation Road

Golders Green

London

NW11 8ED

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MELLON, Beverley→

secretary · appointed 1999-11-30

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Active

EYTLE, James Andrew→

director · ~65y · appointed 1997-06-16

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Active

MELLON, Beverley→

director · ~61y · appointed 1997-06-16

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Active

GODDARD, Ruth Elaine→

secretary · appointed 1997-06-16 · resigned 1999-11-30

Resigned

CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-06-16 · resigned 1997-06-16

Resigned

GODDARD, Ruth Elaine→

director · ~61y · appointed 1997-06-16 · resigned 1999-11-30

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Grosvenor West End Properties	Rent deposit deed	1 property	13/11/2002	—
	outstanding	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	18/08/1997	—

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