ABOUT TRAINING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05819786 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-17
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
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-37.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Post-secondary non-tertiary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (77/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
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
56 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £37,865
Net assets shrinking
Down £37,973 YoY
Cash YoY
-21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 21% YoY
Net Worth
-£38k
↓ 35160% YoY
Current Assets
£81k
↓ 8.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£38k-£13k£13k£38k£63k£88kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£19.5k£25.4k
Current assets£80.8k£88.2k
Cash£3.3k£4.2k
Debtors£77.5k£83.9k
Net assets£-37.9k£108

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-08-30
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2022-08-31
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  5. 2021-08-31
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  6. 2020-11-11
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  7. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  8. 2020-08-21
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    address · AD01
  9. 2019-08-28
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  10. 2019-05-01
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    address · AD01
  11. 2018-08-31
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  12. 2017-08-31
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  13. 2017-07-17
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  14. 2016-09-08
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  15. 2016-06-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-07-31
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    WEAVER, Deborah Tracey resigned
    director
  17. 2006-05-18
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    SHEPPARD, Darren James appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-05-18
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    SHEPPARD, Darren James appointed
    director
  19. 2006-05-18
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    SHEPPARD, Darren James appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-05-18
    ➖
    SHEPPARD, Darren James resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-05-18
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    KTS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-05-18
    ➕
    WEAVER, Deborah Tracey appointed
    director
  23. 2006-05-18
    ➖
    KTS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2006-05-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ABOUT TRAINING LIMITED
  25. 2006-05-17
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    KTS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2006-05-17
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    KTS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Mr Darren James Sheppard
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2006-05-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85410 — Post-secondary non-tertiary education

Registered office

The Business Centre Cardiff House
Cardiff Road
Barry
Vale Of Glamorgan
CF63 2AW
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SHEPPARD, Darren James→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-18
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Active
SHEPPARD, Darren James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-05-18
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Active
SHEPPARD, Darren James→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-18 · resigned 2006-05-18
Resigned
KTS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-05-17 · resigned 2006-05-18
Resigned
WEAVER, Deborah Tracey→
director · ~48y · appointed 2006-05-18 · resigned 2007-07-31
Resigned
KTS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-05-17 · resigned 2006-05-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
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accounts · AA
2025-08-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
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accounts · AA
2024-08-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-14