FRIENDS OF TUMAINI COMPANY LIMITED

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06584075 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2008-05-02
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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  2. 2025-11-17
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    address · AD01
  3. 2025-11-17
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-17
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    officers · CH03
  5. 2025-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-05
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  7. 2023-02-10
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  8. 2022-02-25
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  9. 2021-04-19
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  10. 2020-03-04
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-24
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  12. 2018-04-22
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  13. 2018-04-21
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  14. 2018-03-28
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    PARKER, Sarah Eleanor resigned
    director
  15. 2018-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-21
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    DEVEREUX, Robert John, Sir appointed
    director
  17. 2017-05-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2015-11-01
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    BENT, Nicholas John resigned
    director
  19. 2015-08-17
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    HENSHELL, Ivan Russell Bennett appointed
    director
  20. 2008-05-02
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    Company incorporated
    As FRIENDS OF TUMAINI COMPANY LIMITED
  21. 2008-05-02
    ➕
    HART, Helen Ruth Owen appointed
    secretary
  22. 2008-05-02
    ➕
    HART, Helen Ruth Owen appointed
    director
  23. 2008-05-02
    ➕
    BENT, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  24. 2008-05-02
    ➕
    PARKER, Sarah Eleanor appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2008-05-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

59 West Common
Harpenden
AL5 2LD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-16
Last: 2026-05-02

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HART, Helen Ruth Owen→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-02
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Active
DEVEREUX, Robert John, Sir→
director · ~69y · appointed 2018-01-21
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Active
HART, Helen Ruth Owen→
director · ~48y · appointed 2008-05-02
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Active
HENSHELL, Ivan Russell Bennett→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-08-17
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Active
BENT, Nicholas John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-05-02 · resigned 2015-11-01
Resigned
PARKER, Sarah Eleanor→
director · ~49y · appointed 2008-05-02 · resigned 2018-03-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-19