GESTALT COACHING & TRAINING LTD

💤Zombieactive
04388561 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-06
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
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
56 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-18
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  3. 2023-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-19
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2020-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  10. 2018-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  11. 2018-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-03-06
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    Company incorporated
    As GESTALT COACHING & TRAINING LTD
  17. 2002-03-06
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    LEARY-JOYCE, Judith Helen appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-03-06
    ➕
    LEARY JOYCE, John Samuel appointed
    director
  19. 2002-03-06
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-03-06
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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  21. 2002-03-06
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2002-03-06
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-03-06
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-03-06
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Samuel Leary-Joyce
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/01/2017
Mrs Judith Leary-Joyce
Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares23/02/2022

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

64 Warwick Road
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 4DL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LEARY-JOYCE, Judith Helen→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEARY JOYCE, John Samuel→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-06 · resigned 2002-03-06
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-06 · resigned 2002-03-06
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-06 · resigned 2002-03-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-09