ACADEMICI LIMITED

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05350919 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-02
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.
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Data processing, hosting and related activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (78/100)

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 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£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees1100

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

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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-04
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  2. 2024-11-22
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  3. 2023-11-28
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  4. 2022-06-21
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  5. 2021-11-05
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  6. 2020-11-04
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  7. 2019-11-26
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  8. 2018-11-27
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  9. 2017-07-13
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  10. 2016-11-30
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  11. 2016-02-26
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  12. 2015-11-20
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  13. 2015-02-12
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  14. 2015-02-12
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  15. 2015-02-12
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  16. 2009-02-02
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    VINZENT, Markus, Professor resigned
    director
  17. 2007-05-16
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    NOMINEE SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  18. 2007-03-22
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    HEER, Taj appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-02-15
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    VINZENT, Markus, Professor appointed
    director
  20. 2006-02-15
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    VINZENT, Markus, Professor resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-02-15
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    NOMINEE SECRETARY LTD appointed
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  22. 2005-06-21
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    AHMED, Sirfraz resigned
    director
  23. 2005-03-04
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    CONRAD, Tobias resigned
    secretary
  24. 2005-03-04
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    VINZENT, Markus, Professor appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-03-04
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    VINZENT, Otto resigned
    director
  26. 2005-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMICI LIMITED
  27. 2005-02-02
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    CONRAD, Tobias appointed
    secretary
  28. 2005-02-02
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    AHMED, Sirfraz appointed
    director
  29. 2005-02-02
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    VINZENT, Markus, Professor appointed
    director
  30. 2005-02-02
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    VINZENT, Otto appointed
    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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cyril Vinzent
Individual · German · DOB 08/2000 · age 26
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC63110 — Data processing, hosting and related activities

Registered office

No 4 Castle Court 2
Castlegate Way
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 4RH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

HEER, Taj→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VINZENT, Markus, Professor→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CONRAD, Tobias→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-02 · resigned 2005-03-04
Resigned
VINZENT, Markus, Professor→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-04 · resigned 2006-02-15
Resigned
NOMINEE SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-02-15 · resigned 2007-05-16
Resigned
AHMED, Sirfraz→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-02-02 · resigned 2005-06-21
Resigned
VINZENT, Markus, Professor→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-02-02 · resigned 2009-02-02
Resigned
VINZENT, Otto→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-02-02 · resigned 2005-03-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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2025-09-15
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2024-11-22
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2024-09-12
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accounts · AA
2023-11-28
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2023-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-28
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2020-02-14
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accounts · AA
2019-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-27