EDLESTON EQUESTRIAN ACADEMY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06724195 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-15

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£475.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Security dealing on own account

Sector: Financial & insurance

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -59% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.7y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 17.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £475,048

Net assets shrinking

Down £98,601 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 59% YoY

Cash YoY

-59%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£143k

↓ 59% YoY

Net Worth

£475k

↓ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£290k

↓ 36% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£486.1k	£574.0k
Current assets	£289.8k	£455.4k
Cash	£143.1k	£348.3k
Net assets	£475.0k	£573.6k

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

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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 capital
• 1 resolution
• 1 incorporation

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-02-07
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capital · SH01
2026-02-07
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-02-07
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incorporation · MA
2026-01-22
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accounts · AA
2025-01-27
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accounts · AA
2023-10-31
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accounts · AA
2022-11-10
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accounts · AA
2022-05-10
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accounts · AA01
2021-12-02
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accounts · AA
2021-04-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-29
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accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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officers · CH03
2021-03-29
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-29
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officers · CH01
2021-03-29
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address · AD01
2018-06-12
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SCALES, Catherine appointed
director
2018-06-12
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SCALES, Rachel Louise appointed
director
2012-12-13
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FERNANDEZ ARGUMEDO, Sebastian resigned
director
2012-12-13
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FERNANDEZ THOMAS, Sian resigned
director
2008-11-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-10-15
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Company incorporated
As EDLESTON EQUESTRIAN ACADEMY LIMITED
2008-10-15
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SCALES, Catherine appointed
secretary
2008-10-15
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BUCKLEY, Samantha appointed
director
2008-10-15
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SCALES, Raymond appointed
director
2008-10-15
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CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-10-15
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CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-10-15
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FERNANDEZ ARGUMEDO, Sebastian appointed
director
2008-10-15
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FERNANDEZ THOMAS, Sian appointed
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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Raymond Scales Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-10-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

2 Masonic Gardens

Wybunbury Road

Willaston

Cheshire

CW5 7TR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-29

Last: 2025-10-15