ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND PUBLISHING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03603756 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-24
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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  • 74990Non-trading company
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 69). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 27.3y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (1 active, 16 linked, 7 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£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 employees00

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand
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  4. 2023-09-27
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  6. 2022-09-29
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  7. 2021-09-27
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  8. 2020-12-17
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  9. 2019-09-26
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  10. 2018-09-18
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  11. 2017-09-26
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  12. 2016-09-30
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  13. 2015-11-02
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  14. 2015-09-26
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  15. 2014-10-20
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  16. 2009-04-16
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    GORDON, Graeme appointed
    secretary
  17. 2009-04-16
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    MITCHELL, Andrew Michael resigned
    secretary
  18. 2008-11-29
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    Charge satisfied #3
  19. 2007-06-14
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    NORRIS, Gordon resigned
    director
  20. 2006-01-30
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    NORRIS, Olga resigned
    director
  21. 2005-04-19
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    FINDLAY, Deborah Joan resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-04-19
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    MITCHELL, Andrew Michael appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-07-31
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    FINDLAY, Deborah Joan resigned
    director
  24. 2002-12-19
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2002-10-01
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    DURGAN, Graham Richard resigned
    secretary
  26. 2002-10-01
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    FINDLAY, Deborah Joan appointed
    secretary
  27. 2002-10-01
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    FINDLAY, Deborah Joan appointed
    director
  28. 2002-10-01
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    NORRIS, Olga appointed
    director
  29. 2002-08-04
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    DURGAN, Graham Richard appointed
    secretary
  30. 2002-08-04
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    DURGAN, Jane Helen resigned
    secretary
  31. 2002-07-01
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    NORRIS, Gordon appointed
    director
  32. 2002-05-11
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    DURGAN, Jane Helen appointed
    secretary
  33. 2002-05-11
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    NORRIS, Olga resigned
    secretary
  34. 2002-05-10
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    Charge satisfied #2
  35. 2002-05-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  36. 2002-05-07
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    DURGAN, Graham Richard appointed
    director
  37. 2002-05-07
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    NORRIS, Olga appointed
    secretary
  38. 2002-05-07
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    SIMPSON, Lorene resigned
    secretary
  39. 2002-05-07
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    JOHNSON, David William resigned
    director
  40. 2002-05-07
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    MCNEANY, Kevin Joseph resigned
    director
  41. 2002-05-07
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    SIMPSON, Lorene resigned
    director
  42. 1999-02-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) P.L.C.
  43. 1999-01-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  44. 1998-09-16
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    SIMPSON, Lorene appointed
    secretary
  45. 1998-09-16
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    A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  46. 1998-09-16
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    JOHNSON, David William appointed
    director
  47. 1998-09-16
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    MCNEANY, Kevin Joseph appointed
    director
  48. 1998-09-16
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    SIMPSON, Lorene appointed
    director
  49. 1998-09-16
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    INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  50. 1998-07-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND PUBLISHING LIMITED
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Owner dependency

100/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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.)

Group structure

Emile Woolf (Holdings) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Emile Woolf (Holdings) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND PUBLISHING LIMITED
This company · 03603756

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Emile Woolf (Holdings) Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/09/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-07-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Fielding House Jubilee Road
Littlewick Green
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 3QU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (1 active · 15 resigned)

DURGAN, Graham Richard→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DURGAN, Graham Richard→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-04 · resigned 2002-10-01
Resigned
DURGAN, Jane Helen→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-11 · resigned 2002-08-04
Resigned
FINDLAY, Deborah Joan→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2005-04-19
Resigned
GORDON, Graeme→
secretary · appointed 2009-04-16 · resigned 2023-09-20
Resigned
MITCHELL, Andrew Michael→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-19 · resigned 2009-04-16
Resigned
NORRIS, Olga→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-07 · resigned 2002-05-11
Resigned
SIMPSON, Lorene→
secretary · appointed 1998-09-16 · resigned 2002-05-07
Resigned
A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-07-24 · resigned 1998-09-16
Resigned
FINDLAY, Deborah Joan→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2003-07-31
Resigned
JOHNSON, David William→
director · ~69y · appointed 1998-09-16 · resigned 2002-05-07
Resigned
MCNEANY, Kevin Joseph→
director · ~83y · appointed 1998-09-16 · resigned 2002-05-07
Resigned
NORRIS, Gordon→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-07-01 · resigned 2007-06-14
Resigned
NORRIS, Olga→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2006-01-30
Resigned
SIMPSON, Lorene→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-09-16 · resigned 2002-05-07
Resigned
INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-07-24 · resigned 1998-09-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
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Outstanding
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Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property19/12/200229/11/2008
satisfied
Aib Group (UK) P.L.C.
Mortgage debenture1 property24/02/199910/05/2002
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property29/01/199910/05/2002

Recent filings (110 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-09-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-14
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
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2021-02-22
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accounts · AA
2020-12-17
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2020-01-14
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