ANDREAS-CARTER (EDUCATION) LIMITED

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04107915 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2000-11-15
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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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Current Assets
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£0£10k£19k£29k£38k£48kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-302024-03-31
Total assets—£48.0k
Current assets—£48.0k
Net assets—£47.1k
Average employees0—

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
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-27
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2000-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDREAS-CARTER (EDUCATION) LIMITED
  17. 2000-11-15
    ➕
    ANDREAS-CARTER, Stavroulla appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-11-15
    ➕
    ANDREAS-CARTER, Stavroulla appointed
    director
  19. 2000-11-15
    ➕
    CARTER, Jeremy Robin appointed
    director
  20. 2000-11-15
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-11-15
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-11-15
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-11-15
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANDREAS-CARTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2000-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

9 Park Lane Business Centre, Park Lane
Langham
Colchester
CO4 5WR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ANDREAS-CARTER, Stavroulla→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-15
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Active
ANDREAS-CARTER, Stavroulla→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-11-15
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Active
CARTER, Jeremy Robin→
director · ~73y · appointed 2000-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-15 · resigned 2000-11-15
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-15 · resigned 2000-11-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16