ASSOCIATION FOR REACHING & INSTRUCTING CHILDREN IN AFRICA

🌳Matureactive

03828538 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1999-08-19

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

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year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£122.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -35% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

31 officers (8 active, 31 linked, 29 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

128 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 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £122,824

Net assets shrinking

Down £5,683 YoY

Cash YoY

-35%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 35% YoY

Net Worth

£123k

↓ 4.4% YoY

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£122.8k	£128.5k
Cash	£4.1k	£6.3k
Net assets	£122.8k	£128.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (74 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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2025-06-10
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officers · CH01
2025-06-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-10
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officers · CH01
2025-05-30
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accounts · AA
2025-04-28
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officers · AP01
2025-04-28
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officers · TM01
2025-04-28
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officers · TM01
2025-02-01
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THOMAS, Philippa Anne appointed
director
2024-12-01
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GOLDSMITH, Anne Mukuhi resigned
director
2024-12-01
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GOLDSMITH, David George resigned
director
2024-08-02
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legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2024-08-02
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miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2024-05-20
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accounts · AA
2023-06-08
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accounts · AA
2022-05-26
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accounts · AA
2021-05-24
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accounts · AA
2020-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-05
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officers · AP01
2020-04-02
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officers · AP01
2020-04-01
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WILSON, Harold Charles appointed
director
2020-04-01
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WILSON, Ruth Heather appointed
director
2020-02-29
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MULHOLLAND, Graham George resigned
director
2020-02-29
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officers · TM01
2020-02-26
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2020-02-25
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BRIGGS, Andrew Philip resigned
director
2019-06-01
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GOLDSMITH, Anne Mukuhi appointed
director
2019-06-01
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GOLDSMITH, David George appointed
director
2015-03-01
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BRIGGS, Andrew Philip appointed
director
2014-02-01
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KAGIRI, Samuel, Dr resigned
director
2014-02-01
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KAVUMA, Ashiraf resigned
director
2014-01-01
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LANSDOWNE, Elizabeth Heather appointed
secretary
2012-12-03
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NASSIWA MARTIN, Marie Solome resigned
director
2012-12-01
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LANSDOWNE, Kevin Arthur appointed
director
2012-12-01
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KAVUMA, Ashiraf appointed
director
2012-10-30
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MAKARA, Margaret resigned
director
2012-03-31
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KAGIRI, Samuel, Dr appointed
director
2011-12-31
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STARR, Stephen George resigned
director
2011-12-31
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WILLIAMS, Thomas Stephen resigned
director
2011-05-14
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MAKARA, Margaret appointed
director
2011-04-21
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JACKSON, Keith Daniel, Reverend resigned
director
2009-10-26
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WILLIAMS, Thomas Stephen appointed
director
2009-09-10
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NASSIWA MARTIN, Marie Solome appointed
director
2009-09-05
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STARR, Stephen George appointed
director
2009-09-01
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JACKSON, Keith Daniel, Reverend appointed
director
2009-02-27
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LAMBERT, Glenys Christina resigned
director
2009-02-27
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LAMBERT, Terence John resigned
director
2009-02-23
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SCHOOLING, Timothy John resigned
director
2008-11-10
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LAMBERT, Terence John appointed
director
2008-09-01
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LAMBERT, Glenys Christina appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Rosemary Heather Willard Individual · British · DOB 02/1943 · age 83	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/08/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1999-08-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Drury Close

Bowthorpe

Norwich

NR5 9DD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-26

Last: 2025-06-12