ACTON JENNINGS (TRAINING) LTD.

🌳Matureactive
04873302 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£122.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Post-secondary non-tertiary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (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: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £122,505

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£123k
↑ 1.9% YoY
Current Assets
£155k
↓ 2.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£32k£63k£95k£126k£158kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£123.2k£120.9k
Current assets£154.5k£157.6k
Net assets£122.5k£120.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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  2. 2026-05-27
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  3. 2026-04-15
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  4. 2026-04-15
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  5. 2026-04-15
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  6. 2025-10-22
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  7. 2025-04-17
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  8. 2025-04-16
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  9. 2024-10-31
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  10. 2024-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  11. 2024-09-03
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  12. 2024-09-03
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2024-09-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2024-09-03
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  15. 2024-03-11
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  16. 2024-03-01
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    LONGFIELD, John appointed
    director
  17. 2023-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  18. 2022-10-18
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  19. 2021-08-03
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  20. 2020-10-16
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  21. 2013-04-19
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    BAILEY, Phillip Charles resigned
    director
  22. 2007-09-01
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    BAILEY, Phillip Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2003-08-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTON JENNINGS (TRAINING) LTD.
  24. 2003-08-20
    ➕
    JENNINGS, Jack Watson appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-08-20
    ➕
    JENNINGS, Jack Watson appointed
    director
  26. 2003-08-20
    ➕
    JENNINGS, Peter William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JENNINGS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 23 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jack Watson Jennings
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr John Longfieldceased 25/03/2025· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Peter William Jenningsceased 24/03/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2003-08-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85410 — Post-secondary non-tertiary education

Registered office

The Old Co-Operative
53 Westfield Road Horbury
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF4 6HU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

JENNINGS, Jack Watson→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-20
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Active
JENNINGS, Jack Watson→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-08-20
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Active
JENNINGS, Peter William→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-08-20
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Active
LONGFIELD, John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2024-03-01
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Active
BAILEY, Phillip Charles→
director · ~55y · appointed 2007-09-01 · resigned 2013-04-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-09-03