CHRIST COLLEGE
💤Zombieactive
06759582 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2008-11-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: First-degree level higher education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 85422Post-graduate level higher education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 14.5y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-06-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2016-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-01-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Powis Street Estates Limited
- 2008-12-15➕OLANREWAJU, Emmanuel Abiodun Abidemi appointeddirector
- 2008-11-27🏢Company incorporatedAs CHRIST COLLEGE
- 2008-11-27➕JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointeddirector
- 2008-11-27➖JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigneddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
98/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Emmanuel Abiodun Abidemi Olanrewaju Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73 | — | 75–100% | 75-100% voting | 31/08/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Emmanuel Abiodun Abidemiceased 24/05/2020· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Active · Education & training · ME postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOXING IN SCHOOLS LTD→ 14502211 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| CAPTIVATING ME LTD→ 17116834 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHEAP ONLINE COURSES LTD→ 16551554 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHIPPINGS TREE SURGERY TRAINING LTD→ 11063753 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| CITO'S LEARNERS LTD→ 15504300 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CITY WAY NURSERY LIMITED→ 03113032 · est 1995 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 30y | — | — |
| CITYGATE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL→ 09088261 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| CJ EDUCATION SOLUTIONS LTD→ 16265696 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CLEVERCREST ACADEMY LTD→ 16115558 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CLF ACCOUNTANCY TRAINING LTD→ 15695436 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CLIFFE PRE SCHOOL LTD→ 15126589 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CLIFFE WOODS PRE-SCHOOL→ 04879683 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2008-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85421 — First-degree level higher education
Registered office
2 Saxon Shore, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent.
Saxon Shore
Sittingbourne
ME10 2UP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
OLANREWAJU, Emmanuel Abiodun Abidemi→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2008-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2008-11-27 · resigned 2008-11-27
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Powis Street Estates Powis Street Estates Limited | Rent deposit deed | 1 property | 30/01/2012 | — |
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Recent filings (44 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25