ACTIVE ENGLISH ACADEMY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06406862 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 4 with DOB)
86
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
69 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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-292024-06-29
Average employees3600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-03-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2021-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2020-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-12-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-06-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  16. 2020-06-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2020-03-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2020-03-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2019-01-19
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    LAJUGIE, Jacques Andre Georges resigned
    director
  20. 2018-02-01
    ➕
    HARRAP, Alexander John appointed
    director
  21. 2017-04-26
    ➖
    HARRAP, Heloise Rebecca resigned
    secretary
  22. 2011-07-27
    ➕
    PFEIFFER, Francois Ernest appointed
    director
  23. 2011-07-27
    ➕
    LAJUGIE, Jacques Andre Georges appointed
    director
  24. 2007-10-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE ENGLISH ACADEMY LIMITED
  25. 2007-10-23
    ➕
    HARRAP, Nathalie appointed
    director
  26. 2007-10-23
    ➕
    HARRAP, Heloise Rebecca appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Accord Language Schools Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Accord Language Schools Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ACTIVE ENGLISH ACADEMY LIMITED
This company · 06406862

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Accord Language Schools Limited
Corporate entity
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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

32 Chatsworth Avenue
Shanklin
Isle Of Wight
PO37 7NZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last made up to: 2025-06-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HARRAP, Alexander John→
director · ~39y · appointed 2018-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRAP, Nathalie→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PFEIFFER, Francois Ernest→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRAP, Heloise Rebecca→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-23 · resigned 2017-04-26
Resigned
LAJUGIE, Jacques Andre Georges→
director · ~72y · appointed 2011-07-27 · resigned 2019-01-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-07
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15