ACADEMY CLEANING & MAINTENANCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03486072 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-24
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
90 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees67006600

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-11-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-01
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    YURASZEK, Ellenor Hazel appointed
    secretary
  4. 2025-09-01
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    ROBERTS, Halina Joy resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
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  7. 2025-09-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-09-01
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  9. 2025-09-01
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  10. 2025-09-01
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    officers · TM02
  11. 2025-07-09
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  12. 2024-06-14
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  13. 2023-08-23
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-09-21
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-07-15
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  17. 2019-06-21
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2006-08-24
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Halina Joy appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-08-24
    ➖
    YURASZEK, Carol Ann resigned
    secretary
  21. 1997-12-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMY CLEANING & MAINTENANCE LIMITED
  22. 1997-12-24
    ➕
    YURASZEK, Carol Ann appointed
    director
  23. 1997-12-24
    ➕
    YURASZEK, Stephen Nicholas appointed
    director
  24. 1997-12-24
    ➕
    YURASZEK, Carol Ann appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-12-24
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    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1997-12-24
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    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-12-24
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    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1997-12-24
    ➖
    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Nicholas Yuraszek
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Carol Ann Yuraszek
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Halina Joy Robertsceased 06/04/2016· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest

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
Incorporated1997-12-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

241 Chertsey Road Academy House
Addlestone
Surrey
KT15 2EW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

YURASZEK, Ellenor Hazel→
secretary · appointed 2025-09-01
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Active
YURASZEK, Carol Ann→
director · ~70y · appointed 1997-12-24
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Active
YURASZEK, Stephen Nicholas→
director · ~70y · appointed 1997-12-24
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Active
ROBERTS, Halina Joy→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-24 · resigned 2025-09-01
Resigned
YURASZEK, Carol Ann→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-24 · resigned 2006-08-24
Resigned
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-24 · resigned 1997-12-24
Resigned
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-12-24 · resigned 1997-12-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-01
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-09-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21