ST LUKE'S CHURCH

🌳Matureactive

05977613 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-10-25

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

94910Activities of religious organisations

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 18.7y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 18.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	50	5000

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2026-01-20
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officers · AP01
2025-12-22
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accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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accounts · AA
2024-11-28
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MATTHEWS, Gemma Frances appointed
director
2024-07-23
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officers · TM01
2024-07-15
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MATTHEWS, Robert Vincent resigned
director
2024-05-14
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officers · TM01
2024-03-07
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THROWER, Michael Andrew resigned
director
2024-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
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officers · CH01
2023-11-22
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officers · CH01
2023-11-22
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officers · CH01
2023-05-02
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officers · AP01
2023-04-16
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THROWER, Michael Andrew appointed
director
2023-03-11
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accounts · AA
2021-10-27
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accounts · AA
2020-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
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officers · CH01
2020-11-24
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address · AD01
2017-11-16
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LLOYD, Alan resigned
secretary
2017-11-16
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LLOYD, Alan resigned
director
2017-03-08
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BROWN, Susan Elizabeth appointed
director
2017-03-08
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HARDY, David appointed
director
2017-03-08
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MATTHEWS, Robert Vincent appointed
director
2014-06-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Kingdom Bank Limited
2008-05-22
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HALL, Andrew David resigned
director
2008-02-29
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MACFARLANE, Douglas resigned
director
2007-10-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Kingdom Bank Limited
2006-10-25
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Company incorporated
As ST LUKE'S CHURCH
2006-10-25
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MCMAHON, Jill Maureen appointed
director
2006-10-25
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SULLIVAN, Martyn, Reverend appointed
director
2006-10-25
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SULLIVAN, Susan Ann appointed
director
2006-10-25
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HALLAM, Christopher Alwyn appointed
secretary
2006-10-25
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HALLAM, Christopher Alwyn resigned
secretary
2006-10-25
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LLOYD, Alan appointed
secretary
2006-10-25
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APATA, Motunrayo Abike appointed
director
2006-10-25
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APATA, Motunrayo Abike resigned
director
2006-10-25
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HALL, Andrew David appointed
director
2006-10-25
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HALLAM, Christopher Alwyn appointed
director
2006-10-25
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HALLAM, Christopher Alwyn resigned
director
2006-10-25
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LLOYD, Alan appointed
director
2006-10-25
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MACFARLANE, Douglas appointed
director
2006-10-25
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MARSHALL, Stephen Francis appointed
director
2006-10-25
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MARSHALL, Stephen Francis resigned
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2006-10-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

St Luke's Carlton Road

South Elmsall

Pontefract

WF9 2QQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-05

Last: 2025-11-21