BOWBROOK HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04471449 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-27

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

£471.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Primary education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85310General secondary education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.7y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 8.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £471,345

Cash YoY

-12%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.0m

↓ 12% YoY

Net Worth

£471k

↑ 65% YoY

Current Assets

£1.2m

↓ 7.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£690.8k	£576.9k
Current assets	£1.22M	£1.32M
Cash	£1.01M	£1.16M
Debtors	£211.9k	£159.5k
Net assets	£471.3k	£285.0k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-05-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-10-13
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mortgage · MR01
2017-10-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2017-07-31
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-08
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-05-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-08-05
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2002-06-27
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Company incorporated
As BOWBROOK HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED
2002-06-27
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ALLEN, Sally Jane appointed
secretary
2002-06-27
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ALLEN, Christopher David appointed
director
2002-06-27
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-06-27
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-06-27
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-06-27
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher David Allen Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-06-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

Bowbrook House School

Main Street Peopleton

Pershore Worcester

Worcestershire

WR10 2EE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-11

Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ALLEN, Sally Jane→

secretary · appointed 2002-06-27

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Active

ALLEN, Christopher David→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-06-27

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Active

KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-27 · resigned 2002-06-27

Resigned

KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-27 · resigned 2002-06-27

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	11/10/2017	—

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