REPTON SCHOOL

🌳Matureactive

04390219 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2002-03-08

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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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: General secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (51/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

62 officers (17 active, 62 linked, 59 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

183 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (129 events)Click to expand

2025-06-18
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2025-06-17
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WYLD, Jeremy David resigned
director
2025-05-28
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2025-04-22
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2025-04-16
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LLOYD, Donald James appointed
director
2025-04-07
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HART, Jonathan Robin appointed
director
2025-04-07
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HILLMAN, Nicholas Piers Huxley appointed
director
2025-04-07
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2025-04-07
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2025-03-24
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officers · TM01
2025-03-20
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BOCK, Andrew Michael resigned
director
2024-08-27
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2024-08-23
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HUGHES, Benjamin William George appointed
director
2024-07-22
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2024-05-03
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GOULD, Stephen appointed
director
2024-02-26
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2023-12-18
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2023-12-07
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BUCHAN, Alastair Mitchell, Professor resigned
director
2023-11-16
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2023-10-03
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RALPHS, Guyon Richard Harry resigned
director
2023-06-08
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accounts · AA
2023-04-24
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2023-04-18
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2023-04-17
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HATTERSLEY, Emma Jane Frances appointed
director
2023-04-17
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WAN, Sally Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-10-19
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2022-10-18
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WALFORD, Nicholas Charles appointed
director
2022-07-27
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2022-07-27
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2022-07-27
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2022-07-27
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2022-07-27
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2022-06-23
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HAYDON, Elizabeth Ann appointed
director
2022-06-23
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MARSHALL, Fleur, Surgeon Commodore resigned
director
2022-06-23
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RALPHS, Guyon Richard Harry appointed
director
2022-06-23
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WIMBUSH, Martin Richard Hugh resigned
director
2022-06-23
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WYLD, Jeremy David appointed
director
2022-06-20
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2022-04-26
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FISH, Susannah Kate resigned
director
2022-04-26
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STONE, Kathryn Elizabeth resigned
director
2022-04-25
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HANNAM, Timothy James resigned
director
2022-04-19
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STEINER, Camilla Maryse resigned
secretary
2022-02-10
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CASINI, Massimiliano Angiolo appointed
director
2021-12-31
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LITCHFIELD, Roger Anthony resigned
director
2021-08-11
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BROTHERTON, Mark Steven resigned
director
2020-12-09
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JOHNSON, Richard Lawrence appointed
director
2020-12-09
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JOSHI, Krishan Kant appointed
director
2020-06-30
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EVERY, Henry John Michael, Sir resigned
director
2020-06-30
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TUCKER, William resigned
director
2020-06-22
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CHURTON, David Nigel Vardon resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-17 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+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

80/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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-limited-exemption

Incorporated2002-03-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85310 — General secondary education

Registered office

Bursar's Office

Repton School

Repton

Derby Derbyshire

DE65 6FH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07