BILL LEE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05041426 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-11
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
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 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
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-10-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-10-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-02-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2019-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-03-19
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    LEE, Gillian Susanne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-03-19
    ➕
    LEE, William Arthur appointed
    director
  19. 2004-03-19
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    NQH (CO SEC) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2004-03-19
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    NQH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2004-02-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BILL LEE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  22. 2004-02-11
    ➕
    NQH (CO SEC) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-02-11
    ➕
    NQH LIMITED appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Gillian Lee
Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2022
Mr William Arthur Lee
Individual · British · DOB 05/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Barley Wood Stables Long Lane
Wrington
Bristol
BS40 5SA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-21
Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LEE, Gillian Susanne→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEE, William Arthur→
director · ~75y · appointed 2004-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NQH (CO SEC) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-11 · resigned 2004-03-19
Resigned
NQH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-02-11 · resigned 2004-03-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15