AMAZING PEOPLE SCHOOLS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06674677 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-18
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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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 86). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
54 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-04-08
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  3. 2024-07-22
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  4. 2024-05-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-04-30
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    MARGERISON, Jill Eleanor, Dr resigned
    director
  6. 2024-04-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2023-02-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
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  9. 2022-02-28
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  10. 2021-03-29
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-03-23
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    MARGERISON, Jill Eleanor, Dr appointed
    director
  12. 2021-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  13. 2020-02-27
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  14. 2019-02-25
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  15. 2018-09-25
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  16. 2018-09-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2018-09-10
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    CORCORAN, Frances Patricia appointed
    secretary
  18. 2018-09-10
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    MARGERISON, Arthur Leslie resigned
    secretary
  19. 2018-07-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  20. 2018-02-27
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  21. 2011-07-20
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    CORCORAN, Frances Patricia appointed
    director
  22. 2010-06-29
    ➕
    MARGERISON, Charles John, Dr appointed
    director
  23. 2010-06-29
    ➕
    MARGERISON, Arthur Leslie appointed
    secretary
  24. 2010-06-29
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    MARGERISON, Arthur Leslie resigned
    director
  25. 2008-08-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AMAZING PEOPLE SCHOOLS LTD
  26. 2008-08-18
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    MARGERISON, Arthur Leslie appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Charles John Margerison
Individual · British · DOB 09/1940 · age 86
——board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-08-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Grange Road
West Kirby
Wirral
Merseyside
CH48 4HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-01
Last: 2025-08-18

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CORCORAN, Frances Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2018-09-10
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Active
CORCORAN, Frances Patricia→
director · ~49y · appointed 2011-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARGERISON, Charles John, Dr→
director · ~86y · appointed 2010-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARGERISON, Arthur Leslie→
secretary · appointed 2010-06-29 · resigned 2018-09-10
Resigned
MARGERISON, Arthur Leslie→
director · ~82y · appointed 2008-08-18 · resigned 2010-06-29
Resigned
MARGERISON, Jill Eleanor, Dr→
director · ~58y · appointed 2021-03-23 · resigned 2024-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-05-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-19