ACADEMY EDITIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05977262 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-25
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-635.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Book publishing
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), 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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £635,683
Cash YoY
+450%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15k
↑ 450% YoY
Net Worth
-£636k
↑ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
£153k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£646k-£486k-£326k-£166k-£6k£153kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-262023-12-26
Total assets£-635.7k£-645.5k
Current assets£153.5k£152.5k
Cash£14.9k£2.7k
Debtors£6.4k£4.9k
Net assets£-635.7k£-645.5k

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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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  2. 2024-09-26
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  3. 2023-09-26
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  4. 2022-09-24
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  5. 2021-12-23
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  6. 2021-09-24
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  7. 2021-04-23
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  8. 2020-12-24
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  9. 2019-09-26
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  10. 2018-12-21
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  11. 2018-09-26
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  12. 2017-12-14
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  13. 2017-06-17
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  14. 2017-03-29
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  15. 2016-09-14
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  16. 2015-09-30
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    ELEFTHERIADES, Costas Michael resigned
    secretary
  17. 2006-10-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMY EDITIONS LIMITED
  18. 2006-10-25
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    PAPADAKIS, Alexandra appointed
    director
  19. 2006-10-25
    ➕
    ELEFTHERIADES, Costas Michael appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-10-25
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    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-10-25
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    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-10-25
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    QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-10-25
    ➖
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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
Miss Alexandra Papadakis
Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

Kimber Cottage
Winterbourne
Newbury
Berkshire
RG20 8AN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last made up to: 2024-12-26
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PAPADAKIS, Alexandra→
director · ~47y · appointed 2006-10-25
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Active
ELEFTHERIADES, Costas Michael→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-25 · resigned 2015-09-30
Resigned
QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-25 · resigned 2006-10-25
Resigned
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-25 · resigned 2006-10-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
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accounts · AA
2025-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
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2024-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
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accounts · AA
2023-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
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2022-09-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
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accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts · AA01
2021-09-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
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accounts · AA
2021-04-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-22