ACADEMY CONSULTING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04336350 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-07
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 23.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 23.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
72 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · UK GAAP| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-13📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-07📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-08-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-12-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-12-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-12-15📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2020-12-15📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-12-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-11-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-11-20➕BULL, Lisa appointeddirector
- 2020-11-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-11-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-11-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-01-01➕BULL, Lisa appointedsecretary
- 2008-01-01➖BULL, Karen resignedsecretary
- 2002-07-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2001-12-12➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-12-12➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-12-08➕BULL, Michael appointeddirector
- 2001-12-08➕BULL, Karen appointedsecretary
- 2001-12-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ACADEMY CONSULTING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2001-12-07➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-12-07➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Academy Consulting Solutions Trustee Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Academy Consulting Solutions Trustee Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ACADEMY CONSULTING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
This company · 04336350
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Academy Consulting Solutions Trustee Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 25/11/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Michael Bullceased 27/11/2020· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-12-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities
Registered office
71 London Road
Sevenoaks
TN13 1AX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
Active
Active
BULL, Michael→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2001-12-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BULL, Karen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-12-08 · resigned 2008-01-01
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-07 · resigned 2001-12-12
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-07 · resigned 2001-12-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 04/07/2002 | 17/11/2020 |
Recent filings (72 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-08-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-12-18