ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06333377 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-03
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees200200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-09-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-05-18
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    MCCLOSKEY, Hilary Ann appointed
    director
  15. 2015-05-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2015-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-08-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE LIMITED
  18. 2007-08-03
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    MCCLOSKEY, Hilary Ann appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-08-03
    ➕
    MCCLOSKEY, Christopher Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2007-08-03
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ, Ashok appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-08-03
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    BHARDWAJ, Ashok resigned
    secretary
  22. 2007-08-03
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2007-08-03
    ➖
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Paul Mccloskey
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
50–75%
50–75%board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Hilary Ann Mccloskey
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Stoneyard Cottage 16 Bedford Road
Denton
Northampton
NN7 1DR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCCLOSKEY, Hilary Ann→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-03
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Active
MCCLOSKEY, Christopher Paul→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-08-03
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Active
MCCLOSKEY, Hilary Ann→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-05-18
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Active
BHARDWAJ, Ashok→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-03 · resigned 2007-08-03
Resigned
BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-08-03 · resigned 2007-08-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-20