ANDREW PRICE ACADEMY LTD
💤Zombieactive
05907778 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-16
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Post-secondary non-tertiary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 17.5y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
5 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-20➖WILLIAMS, Edna Jean resignedsecretary
- 2019-03-20📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-06-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-05-31➖JAMES, Emma Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2018-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2011-04-01➕JAMES, Emma Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2008-12-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2006-08-18➕PRICE, Andrew David appointeddirector
- 2006-08-18➖DAVIES, Miriam Elizabeth resignedsecretary
- 2006-08-18➕WILLIAMS, Edna Jean appointedsecretary
- 2006-08-18➖DAVIES, Sarah Ann resigneddirector
- 2006-08-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDREW PRICE ACADEMY LTD
- 2006-08-16➕DAVIES, Miriam Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2006-08-16➕SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-08-16➖SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-08-16➕DAVIES, Sarah Ann appointeddirector
- 2006-08-16➕WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-08-16➖WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PRICE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew David Price Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/08/2016 |
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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| 360ABILITY SPORT→ 13180083 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ABBEY CHILDCARE LTD→ 13917202 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ACCESS WORKS LTD→ 16914944 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALPHA SAFETY TRAINING LIMITED→ 07316157 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| AMT ACADEMY LTD→ 14686084 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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| APRICITY LONDON LTD→ 11573744 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| AROPA CARE GROUP LTD→ 11423530 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| AUREUM ACADEMY OF DANCE LIMITED→ 16386816 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AUTISM FLEDGLINGS LIMITED→ 08849057 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| AUTISM WELLBEING CIC→ 11387288 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| AWEN WALES LIMITED→ 06856855 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒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.
See pricing →🔒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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-08-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85410 — Post-secondary non-tertiary education
Registered office
46 High Street
Narberth
SA67 7AS
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16
Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)
PRICE, Andrew David→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2006-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVIES, Miriam Elizabeth→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-08-16 · resigned 2006-08-18
WILLIAMS, Edna Jean→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-08-18 · resigned 2019-03-20
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-16 · resigned 2006-08-16
DAVIES, Sarah Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2006-08-16 · resigned 2006-08-18
JAMES, Emma Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2018-05-31
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-08-16 · resigned 2006-08-16
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 10/12/2008 | — |
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Recent filings (62 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-22