ACADEMY TWO LTD
🌳Matureactive
04343439 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-20
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 19.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£329.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 19.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
83 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £329,155
Cash YoY
+15%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£326k
↑ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£329k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£358k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-29 | 2024-03-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £329.2k | £312.6k |
| Current assets | £358.0k | £315.8k |
| Cash | £325.8k | £283.6k |
| Debtors | £17.2k | £17.2k |
| Net assets | £329.2k | £292.2k |
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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-26📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-10-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-10-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-05-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-05-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-16➖WELLCO SECRETARIES LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2017-12-01➕WELLCO SECRETARIES LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2015-07-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2007-01-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2001-12-21➕CAPOZZI, Franco Pasqual appointedsecretary
- 2001-12-21➕CAPOZZI, Franco Pasqual appointeddirector
- 2001-12-21➕MULE, Salvatore appointeddirector
- 2001-12-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ACADEMY TWO LTD
- 2001-12-20➕SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-12-20➖SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-12-20➕WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-12-20➖WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Salvatore Mule Individual · Italian · DOB 07/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Franco Pasqual Capozzi Individual · Italian · DOB 10/1942 · age 84 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| A&G HAIRDRESSING LTD.→ 09665212 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| ADELEH LIMITED→ 10398929 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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| ADVANTAGE WATER LIMITED→ 10717732 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-12-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Registered office
The Quadrant Centre
Limes Road
Weybridge
KT13 8DH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
CAPOZZI, Franco Pasqual→
Activesecretary · appointed 2001-12-21
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CAPOZZI, Franco Pasqual→
Activedirector · ~84y · appointed 2001-12-21
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MULE, Salvatore→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2001-12-21
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-20 · resigned 2001-12-20
WELLCO SECRETARIES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2017-12-01 · resigned 2018-08-16
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-20 · resigned 2001-12-20
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 12/07/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 04/01/2007 | — |
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Recent filings (83 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-10-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10