NEWPORT SCHOOL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

📈Growthactive

04407285 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-02

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.1y

75/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

30 officers (3 active, 30 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

129 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £244,712

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£244.7k	£177.7k
Average employees	0	0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (78 events)Click to expand

2026-04-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-02-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-20
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-30
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appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2022-08-17
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INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2022-08-16
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-08-15
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HUDSON, Ian resigned
secretary
2022-01-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-10
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GEORGE, John Philip appointed
director
2021-12-17
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BOURGEOIS, Elise Marie resigned
director
2021-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-15
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BOURGEOIS, Elise Marie appointed
director
2021-02-15
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THORNE, Alexander Victor resigned
director
2021-02-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-05
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DAVIES, David Wyn appointed
director
2021-02-04
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HOLMAN, Hannah resigned
director
2019-10-01
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DAVIES, David Wyn resigned
director
2019-10-01
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THORNE, Alexander Victor appointed
director
2019-02-01
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HOLMAN, Hannah appointed
director
2019-02-01
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LEWIS, David Geoffrey resigned
director
2019-01-10
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HUDSON, Ian appointed
secretary
2019-01-07
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BONNET, Jean-Pierre resigned
secretary
2017-09-21
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DAVIES, David Wyn appointed
director
2017-09-21
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WHITTINGTON, John resigned
director
2015-01-07
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BONNET, Jean-Pierre appointed
secretary
2014-12-22
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COMBA, Alexander Michael resigned
secretary
2014-03-28
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GLENN, Adrian Alexander resigned
director
2013-12-20
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FINCH, David John resigned
director
2013-01-04
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DAVIES, David Wyn resigned
director
2013-01-04
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LEWIS, David Geoffrey appointed
director
2011-12-19
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MATTHEWS, Andrew resigned
director
2011-12-19
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BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2011-12-15
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DAVIES, David Wyn appointed
director
2011-12-15
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WHITTINGTON, John appointed
director
2010-12-01
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BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2010-03-05
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CHRISTAKIS, Anastasios resigned
director
2009-12-14
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GLENN, Adrian Alexander appointed
director
2009-11-24
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HUNT, Martin resigned
director
2009-08-06
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CHRISTAKIS, Anastasios appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 78 events

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Newport School Solutions (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Newport School Solutions (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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NEWPORT SCHOOL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

This company · 04407285

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
Newport School Solutions (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-04-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

8th Floor 6 Kean Street

London

WC2B 4AS

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-28

Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (3 active · 27 resigned)

INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2022-08-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DAVIES, David Wyn→

director · ~58y · appointed 2021-02-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GEORGE, John Philip→

director · ~58y · appointed 2022-01-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BONNET, Jean-Pierre→

secretary · appointed 2015-01-07 · resigned 2019-01-07

Resigned

BOWLER, David William→

secretary · appointed 2002-11-27 · resigned 2008-02-29

Resigned

COMBA, Alexander Michael→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-29 · resigned 2014-12-22

Resigned

FRASER, Kay Lisa→

secretary · appointed 2002-04-04 · resigned 2002-11-27

Resigned

HUDSON, Ian→

secretary · appointed 2019-01-10 · resigned 2022-08-15

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-02 · resigned 2002-04-04

Resigned

BERGIN, John Christopher→

director · ~75y · appointed 2002-04-04 · resigned 2005-11-23

Resigned

BOURGEOIS, Elise Marie→

director · ~36y · appointed 2021-02-15 · resigned 2021-12-17

Resigned

BOWLER, David William→

director · ~81y · appointed 2002-04-04 · resigned 2007-12-05

Resigned

CHRISTAKIS, Anastasios→

director · ~53y · appointed 2009-08-06 · resigned 2010-03-05

Resigned

COMBA, Alexander Michael→

director · ~73y · appointed 2005-11-23 · resigned 2007-02-01

Resigned

DAVIES, David Wyn→

director · ~58y · appointed 2017-09-21 · resigned 2019-10-01

Resigned

DAVIES, David Wyn→

director · ~58y · appointed 2011-12-15 · resigned 2013-01-04

Resigned

ELLIS, Stephen→

director · ~74y · appointed 2005-11-30 · resigned 2007-01-22

Resigned

FINCH, David John→

director · ~63y · appointed 2007-01-22 · resigned 2013-12-20

Resigned

GLENN, Adrian Alexander→

director · ~77y · appointed 2009-12-14 · resigned 2014-03-28

Resigned

HOLMAN, Hannah→

director · ~46y · appointed 2019-02-01 · resigned 2021-02-04

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC in Its Capacity and Acting as Security Trustee	Debenture	1 property	14/03/2008	—

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Recent filings (129 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-14

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-04

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2025-02-26

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-02-20

change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH04

2025-02-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-12

change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH04

2024-01-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2022-10-10

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-08-30

appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP04

2022-08-30