ACADEMY OF HIGH ACHIEVERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
05045861 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-17
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
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-28
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    capital · SH08
  3. 2025-07-17
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-07-17
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2024-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-24
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  10. 2019-12-16
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  11. 2018-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-20
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  13. 2016-12-20
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  14. 2016-03-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-01-06
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-02-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMY OF HIGH ACHIEVERS LTD
  17. 2004-02-17
    ➕
    BURGESS, Anthony Nigel appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-02-17
    ➕
    BURGESS, Anthony Nigel appointed
    director
  19. 2004-02-17
    ➕
    FRENCH, Julie Yvonne Mary appointed
    director
  20. 2004-02-17
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-02-17
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-02-17
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2004-02-17
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mr Anthony Nigel Burgess
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Julie Yvonne Mary French
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

First Floor 6 Ferranti Court
Stafford Technology Park
Stafford
Staffordshire
ST18 0LQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BURGESS, Anthony Nigel→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-17
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Active
BURGESS, Anthony Nigel→
director · ~55y · appointed 2004-02-17
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Active
FRENCH, Julie Yvonne Mary→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-02-17
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-17 · resigned 2004-02-17
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-02-17 · resigned 2004-02-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-07-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-24