DERBY SCHOOL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
05071716 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-12
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.3y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
26 officers (3 active, 26 linked, 18 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £447,521

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Turnover—£4.86M
Profit before tax£447.5k£1.09M
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (70 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-20
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  3. 2025-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-01-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-31
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  10. 2022-08-18
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    INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  11. 2022-08-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2022-08-15
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    HUDSON, Ian resigned
    secretary
  13. 2022-01-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2022-01-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2022-01-10
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    GEORGE, John Philip appointed
    director
  16. 2021-12-17
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    BOURGEOIS, Elise Marie resigned
    director
  17. 2021-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-02-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2021-02-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2021-02-15
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    BOURGEOIS, Elise Marie appointed
    director
  21. 2021-02-15
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    THORNE, Alexander Victor resigned
    director
  22. 2021-02-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2021-02-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2021-02-05
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    DAVIES, David Wyn appointed
    director
  25. 2021-02-04
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    HOLMAN, Hannah resigned
    director
  26. 2020-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  27. 2019-10-01
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    DAVIES, David Wyn resigned
    director
  28. 2019-10-01
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    THORNE, Alexander Victor appointed
    director
  29. 2019-02-01
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    HOLMAN, Hannah appointed
    director
  30. 2019-02-01
    ➖
    LEWIS, David Geoffrey resigned
    director
  31. 2019-01-10
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    HUDSON, Ian appointed
    secretary
  32. 2019-01-07
    ➖
    BONNET, Jean-Pierre resigned
    secretary
  33. 2017-09-21
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    DAVIES, David Wyn appointed
    director
  34. 2017-09-21
    ➖
    WHITTINGTON, John resigned
    director
  35. 2014-12-22
    ➖
    COMBA, Alexander Michael resigned
    secretary
  36. 2014-01-07
    ➕
    BONNET, Jean-Pierre appointed
    secretary
  37. 2013-12-20
    ➖
    FINCH, David John resigned
    director
  38. 2013-01-04
    ➖
    DAVIES, David Wyn resigned
    director
  39. 2013-01-04
    ➕
    LEWIS, David Geoffrey appointed
    director
  40. 2012-11-16
    ➕
    DAVIES, David Wyn appointed
    director
  41. 2012-11-16
    ➖
    DAVIES, David Wyn resigned
    director
  42. 2012-11-16
    ➕
    WHITTINGTON, John appointed
    director
  43. 2012-11-16
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    WHITTINGTON, John resigned
    director
  44. 2011-12-19
    ➖
    MATTHEWS, Andrew resigned
    director
  45. 2011-12-19
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    BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  46. 2011-12-15
    ➕
    DAVIES, David Wyn appointed
    director
  47. 2011-12-15
    ➕
    WHITTINGTON, John appointed
    director
  48. 2010-12-01
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    BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  49. 2010-03-05
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    CHRISTAKIS, Anastasios resigned
    director
  50. 2009-08-31
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    POUJOL, Jean Alain Marie Joseph resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 70 events

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Derby School Solutions (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Derby School Solutions (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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DERBY SCHOOL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
This company · 05071716

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Derby School Solutions (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

8th Floor 6 Kean Street
London
WC2B 4AS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (3 active · 23 resigned)

INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2022-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, David Wyn→
director · ~58y · appointed 2021-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GEORGE, John Philip→
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BONNET, Jean-Pierre→
secretary · appointed 2014-01-07 · resigned 2019-01-07
Resigned
BOWLER, David William→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-13 · resigned 2008-02-29
Resigned
COMBA, Alexander Michael→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-29 · resigned 2014-12-22
Resigned
HUDSON, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2019-01-10 · resigned 2022-08-15
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2004-05-13
Resigned
BOURGEOIS, Elise Marie→
director · ~36y · appointed 2021-02-15 · resigned 2021-12-17
Resigned
BOWLER, David William→
director · ~81y · appointed 2004-05-13 · resigned 2008-01-15
Resigned
CHRISTAKIS, Anastasios→
director · ~53y · appointed 2009-08-06 · resigned 2010-03-05
Resigned
DAVIES, David Wyn→
director · ~58y · appointed 2017-09-21 · resigned 2019-10-01
Resigned
DAVIES, David Wyn→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-11-16 · resigned 2013-01-04
Resigned
DAVIES, David Wyn→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-12-15 · resigned 2012-11-16
Resigned
FINCH, David John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-05-13 · resigned 2013-12-20
Resigned
HOLMAN, Hannah→
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-02-01 · resigned 2021-02-04
Resigned
JENNINGS, Oliver James Wake→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-09-01 · resigned 2005-12-28
Resigned
LEWIS, David Geoffrey→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-01-04 · resigned 2019-02-01
Resigned
MATTHEWS, Andrew→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-09-01 · resigned 2011-12-19
Resigned
POUJOL, Jean Alain Marie Joseph→
director · ~49y · appointed 2008-07-23 · resigned 2009-08-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Dexia Management Services as Agent and Trustee for the Secured Parties
Dexia Management Services Limited as Agent and Trustee for the Secured Parties
New security agreement1 property30/11/2007—
outstanding
Dexia Management Services as Agent and Trustee for Itself and Each of the Securedparties
Dexia Management Services Limited as Agent and Trustee for Itself and Each of the Securedparties
Security agreement1 property23/12/2004—
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Recent filings (114 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-02-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2022-08-31
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22