ACADEMY OF EXECUTIVE COACHING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04534640 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-13

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

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: high (81/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

36 officers (7 active, 36 linked, 30 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

127 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	33	3500

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

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2 signals 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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (87 events)Click to expand

2026-05-12
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2026-01-06
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2025-12-31
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BURDITT, Peter William resigned
director
2025-10-20
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2025-10-07
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BROWNLEE, Cristian Antony appointed
director
2025-05-27
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2024-10-11
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KAVANAGH, Miranda Clare Doran resigned
director
2024-10-11
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officers · TM01
2024-09-17
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2024-09-04
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SMITH, Paul appointed
director
2024-06-03
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officers · TM01
2024-06-03
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2024-05-22
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GARRETT, Catherine Louise resigned
director
2024-05-22
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HILL, John resigned
director
2024-05-07
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2024-05-01
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BURDITT, Peter William appointed
director
2024-04-04
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accounts · AA
2023-09-26
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TAYLOR, Jean Ann resigned
director
2023-09-26
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officers · TM01
2023-09-21
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2023-09-12
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JONES, Marcia appointed
director
2023-08-14
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2023-08-14
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2023-08-01
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KAVANAGH, Miranda Clare Doran appointed
director
2023-08-01
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LEARY-WHITE, Miriam resigned
director
2023-06-05
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2023-05-24
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2023-05-23
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CHELLAPPAH, Surendran appointed
director
2023-05-15
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MCCLELLAND, Lydia Margaret appointed
director
2023-05-15
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2022-12-07
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2022-11-30
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FRASER, Anthony Stephen resigned
director
2022-11-04
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HALLIDAY, Moira Teresa resigned
director
2022-11-04
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2022-11-01
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GARRETT, Catherine Louise appointed
director
2022-11-01
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2022-09-05
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2022-09-01
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LEARY-WHITE, Miriam appointed
director
2022-08-31
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LODGE, Gina resigned
director
2021-11-30
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TAYLOR, Jean Ann appointed
director
2021-09-02
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REYNOLDS, Susan resigned
director
2020-12-01
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HILL, John appointed
director
2020-02-25
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FRASER, Anthony Stephen appointed
director
2020-02-25
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PORTER, Ian Donald resigned
director
2015-02-16
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PORTER, Ian Donald appointed
director
2014-11-15
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REYNOLDS, Susan appointed
director
2014-11-15
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REYNOLDS, Susan resigned
director
2014-11-10
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REYNOLDS, Susan appointed
director
2014-10-31
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KEELEY, Jeremy Eric Trevor resigned
director
2014-09-26
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EVANS, Neil Andrew resigned
secretary

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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

-7 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.)

Group structure

Gestalt Coaching & Training Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Gestalt Coaching & Training Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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ACADEMY OF EXECUTIVE COACHING LIMITED

This company · 04534640

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Gestalt Coaching & Training Ltd Corporate entity	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	22/02/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Judith Leary-Joyceceased 22/02/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr John Samuel Leary-Joyceceased 22/02/2022· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-09-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

64 Warwick Road

St Albans

Hertfordshire

AL1 4DL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-25

Last: 2025-09-11