AE TUITION LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06854558 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
35 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 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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2009-03-21🏢Company incorporatedAs AE TUITION LIMITED
- 2009-03-21➕CURRAN, Stephen Charles appointeddirector
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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 71 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 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Stephen Charles Curran Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| A S ATLANTIC LTD→ 11063438 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AMAZON VENTURES (UK) LIMITED→ 04342325 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
| ANDREI BATCHKAR LTD→ 15866662 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ARMADILLO GARAGE DOORS LTD→ 16080849 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ARMINIUS SECURITY LTD→ 15056421 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ASPIRION GLOBAL LTD→ 14339910 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MOVERS→ 08639303 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| AUREVON LTD→ 16271307 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AURUMINDO LAND INVESTMENT LTD→ 12429997 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AUTOGLASS (UK) LIMITED→ 07563340 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-03-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
2 Marsh Farm Road
Twickenham
Middlesex
TW2 6SH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
CURRAN, Stephen Charles→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2009-03-21
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Recent filings (35 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-10