ASHINGDON PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03803490 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-08

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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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£4.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,246

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,190 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4k

↓ 22% YoY

Current Assets

£18k

↓ 21% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£7.0k	£8.0k
Current assets	£18.1k	£22.8k
Net assets	£4.2k	£5.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-12-04
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2025-09-17
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2024-11-28
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2023-11-13
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2022-11-09
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2021-11-04
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2020-10-15
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accounts · AA
2019-10-25
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accounts · AA
2018-09-19
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accounts · AA
2018-08-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-08-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-12-09
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accounts · AA
2016-12-07
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accounts · AA
2015-10-13
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2015-08-05
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2001-07-31
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MACKINTOSH, Shirley Doris appointed
secretary
2001-07-31
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BROWN, Melanie appointed
director
2001-07-31
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MACKIE, Susan appointed
director
2001-07-31
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MACKINTOSH, Shirley Doris appointed
director
2001-07-31
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YOUNG, Roger resigned
secretary
2001-07-31
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YOUNG, Roger resigned
secretary
2001-07-31
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BALDRY, Brian Charles resigned
director
2001-04-24
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YOUNG, Roger appointed
secretary
2000-06-30
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WOOD, David John resigned
secretary
2000-06-30
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YOUNG, Roger appointed
secretary
1999-07-08
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Company incorporated
As ASHINGDON PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED
1999-07-08
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WOOD, David John appointed
secretary
1999-07-08
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RAPID COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-07-08
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RAPID COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-07-08
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BALDRY, Brian Charles appointed
director
1999-07-08
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RAPID NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-07-08
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RAPID NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Shirley Doris Mackintosh Individual · British · DOB 12/1950 · age 76	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	08/07/2016

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

Incorporated1999-07-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

304 High Road

Benfleet

Essex

SS7 5HB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-22

Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

MACKINTOSH, Shirley Doris→

secretary · appointed 2001-07-31

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Active

BROWN, Melanie→

director · ~51y · appointed 2001-07-31

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Active

MACKIE, Susan→

director · ~64y · appointed 2001-07-31

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Active

MACKINTOSH, Shirley Doris→

director · ~76y · appointed 2001-07-31

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Active

WOOD, David John→

secretary · appointed 1999-07-08 · resigned 2000-06-30

Resigned

YOUNG, Roger→

secretary · appointed 2001-04-24 · resigned 2001-07-31

Resigned

YOUNG, Roger→

secretary · appointed 2000-06-30 · resigned 2001-07-31

Resigned

RAPID COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-07-08 · resigned 1999-07-08

Resigned

BALDRY, Brian Charles→

director · ~84y · appointed 1999-07-08 · resigned 2001-07-31

Resigned

RAPID NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-07-08 · resigned 1999-07-08

Resigned

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