ADVANCED LEARNING ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04356536 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-21
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
77 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees200200

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
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-10-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED LEARNING ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  17. 2002-01-21
    ➕
    JONES, Susanne Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-01-21
    ➕
    JONES, Glyn appointed
    director
  19. 2002-01-21
    ➕
    JONES, Susanne Mary appointed
    director
  20. 2002-01-21
    ➕
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-01-21
    ➖
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-01-21
    ➕
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-01-21
    ➖
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 81 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 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Glyn Jones
Individual · British · DOB 08/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

7 Grange Fell Road
Grange-Over-Sands
LA11 6BJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JONES, Susanne Mary→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-21
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Active
JONES, Glyn→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-01-21
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Active
JONES, Susanne Mary→
director · ~81y · appointed 2002-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-21 · resigned 2002-01-21
Resigned
AR NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-01-21 · resigned 2002-01-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-02