AUNTIE

🌳Matureactive
06890629 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2009-04-28
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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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
53 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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
Metric2025-04-30
Average employees0

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-04-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-04-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-04-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-16
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    BARRETT-EVANS, Dominic Defery resigned
    director
  11. 2021-11-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-03-03
    ➖
    PATEL, Rakesh resigned
    director
  18. 2009-06-08
    ➕
    BARRETT-EVANS, Dominic Defery appointed
    director
  19. 2009-06-08
    ➕
    PATEL, Rakesh appointed
    director
  20. 2009-04-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUNTIE
  21. 2009-04-28
    ➕
    FORD, Belinda Maria appointed
    director
  22. 2009-04-28
    ➕
    FORD, Russell Mark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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
Russell Mark Ford
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest01/05/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2009-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

C/O Brabners Llp
100 Barbirolli Square
Manchester
M2 3BD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

FORD, Belinda Maria→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORD, Russell Mark→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARRETT-EVANS, Dominic Defery→
director · ~53y · appointed 2009-06-08 · resigned 2021-11-16
Resigned
PATEL, Rakesh→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-06-08 · resigned 2014-03-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-16