AL-BURHAN FOUNDATION

🌳Matureactive
04490710 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2002-07-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
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
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85410Post-secondary non-tertiary education
  • 85510Sports and recreation education
  • 85520Cultural education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 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
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees27002300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-31
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2024-07-29
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    AKHTAR, Parveen resigned
    secretary
  6. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2018-06-18
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-08-21
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    ASHRIF, Safia resigned
    director
  18. 2011-11-15
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    BAWA, Salim Mohamed Saleh appointed
    director
  19. 2011-11-15
    ➕
    ASHRIF, Safia appointed
    director
  20. 2009-07-03
    ➖
    BAWA, Salim Mohamed Saleh resigned
    director
  21. 2008-07-01
    ➕
    NASRULLAH, Mohammad, Dr appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-12-01
    ➕
    BAWA, Salim Mohamed Saleh appointed
    director
  23. 2002-07-20
    ➕
    AKHTAR, Parveen appointed
    director
  24. 2002-07-20
    ➕
    NASRULLAH, Mohammad, Dr appointed
    director
  25. 2002-07-20
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    AKHTAR, Parveen appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-07-19
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    Company incorporated
    As AL-BURHAN FOUNDATION
  27. 2002-07-19
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    NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2002-07-19
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    NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2002-07-19
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    NOMINEE COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  30. 2002-07-19
    ➖
    NOMINEE COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Mohammad Nasrullah
Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence18/06/2018

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2002-07-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85310 — General secondary education

Registered office

Spring Road Centre 258 Spring Road
Tyseley
Birmingham
B11 3DW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

NASRULLAH, Mohammad, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AKHTAR, Parveen→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAWA, Salim Mohamed Saleh→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NASRULLAH, Mohammad, Dr→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AKHTAR, Parveen→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-20 · resigned 2024-07-29
Resigned
NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-07-19 · resigned 2002-07-19
Resigned
ASHRIF, Safia→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-11-15 · resigned 2013-08-21
Resigned
BAWA, Salim Mohamed Saleh→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-12-01 · resigned 2009-07-03
Resigned
NOMINEE COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-07-19 · resigned 2002-07-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-25