ACADEMY CARE TRAINING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04423597 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-24
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
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
65 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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees1

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2023-07-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-06-07
    PATEL, Devyani Jayanti appointed
    secretary
  17. 2010-06-07
    TEH, Boon Beng resigned
    secretary
  18. 2010-06-07
    TEH, Boon Beng resigned
    director
  19. 2002-04-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMY CARE TRAINING LIMITED
  20. 2002-04-24
    PATEL, Jayanti appointed
    director
  21. 2002-04-24
    TEH, Boon Beng appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-04-24
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-04-24
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-04-24
    TEH, Boon Beng appointed
    director
  25. 2002-04-24
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-04-24
    LONDON LAW 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 77 — 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 77 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.)

Group structure

Design & Construct (London) Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Design & Construct (London) Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ACADEMY CARE TRAINING LIMITED
This company · 04423597

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Design & Construct (London) Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jayanti Patelceased 06/04/2016· significant influence

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

8 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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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-04-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

9 Spareleaze Hill
Loughton
Essex
IG10 1BS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

PATEL, Devyani Jayanti
secretary · appointed 2010-06-07
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Active
PATEL, Jayanti
director · ~77y · appointed 2002-04-24
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Active
TEH, Boon Beng
secretary · appointed 2002-04-24 · resigned 2010-06-07
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-24 · resigned 2002-04-24
Resigned
TEH, Boon Beng
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-04-24 · resigned 2010-06-07
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-24 · resigned 2002-04-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-07-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28