CHELTENHAM ASSESSMENT CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05123373 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-10
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
54 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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  2. 2025-11-20
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  3. 2024-11-20
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  4. 2023-05-12
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  5. 2022-11-16
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  6. 2021-05-15
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  7. 2020-06-03
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  8. 2019-05-04
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  9. 2018-04-27
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  10. 2017-05-30
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  11. 2016-07-07
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  12. 2016-05-12
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  13. 2015-06-15
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  14. 2015-05-11
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  15. 2014-08-28
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  16. 2004-05-10
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    Company incorporated
    As CHELTENHAM ASSESSMENT CENTRE LIMITED
  17. 2004-05-10
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    MURRAY, Valerie Alison appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-05-10
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    MURRAY, Colin Richard appointed
    director
  19. 2004-05-10
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    MURRAY, Valerie Alison appointed
    director
  20. 2004-05-10
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    DAVIS, Howard appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-05-10
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    DAVIS, Howard resigned
    secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 71 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 Col Richard Murray
Individual · English · DOB 09/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016
Mrs Val Alison Murray
Individual · English · DOB 10/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-05-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

4 Strand Court
Bath Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL53 7LW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-15
Last: 2026-05-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MURRAY, Valerie Alison→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-10
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MURRAY, Colin Richard→
director · ~55y · appointed 2004-05-10
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MURRAY, Valerie Alison→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-05-10
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Active
DAVIS, Howard→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2004-05-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
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accounts · AA
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
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accounts · AA
2024-11-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
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accounts · AA
2023-05-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
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accounts · AA
2022-11-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
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accounts · AA
2021-05-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-23