ALBION GAUL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06947194 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-29

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£1.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Educational support services

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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: medium (78/100)

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

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,886

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,887 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

↓ 60% YoY

Current Assets

£16k

↑ 7.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£1.9k	£4.8k
Current assets	£16.0k	£14.9k
Net assets	£1.9k	£4.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-02-25
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-16
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-07
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-25
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-20
📄
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-03-19
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-11-11
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-22
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-03-16
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-06-22
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-03-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2010-06-01
➖
SWIFT (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-06-29
🏢
Company incorporated
As ALBION GAUL LIMITED
2009-06-29
➕
HIGGOTT, Bryn Graham appointed
director
2009-06-29
➕
SWIFT (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+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 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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.
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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Bryn Graham Higgott Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2017

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Education & training · TS postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
A1 TRAINING & SAFETY LIMITED→ 12222464 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
ACCL EDUCATION LIMITED→ 12518419 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
ACE COMMUNITY SUPPORT CIC→ 17127421 · est 2026 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ACTIVE INCLUSION DF LIMITED→ 10549227 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
AD ASTRA ACADEMY TRUST→ 09308398 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
ADULTS ALIGNED LTD→ 15408897 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ALPHA HEALTH & SAFETY TRAINING SOLUTIONS LTD→ 15880374 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ANGEL ARK LTD→ 15244049 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
AP SUPPORT ASSESSMENTS LTD→ 14209445 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
APOLLO ARTS LTD→ 06824681 · est 2009 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	17y	—	—
AR TRAINING 6 LTD→ 15978952 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ARCENSTONE CIC→ 16137743 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-06-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

Collingwood House

Church Square

Hartlepool

Cleveland

TS24 7EN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-22

Last: 2026-05-08

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

HIGGOTT, Bryn Graham→

director · ~72y · appointed 2009-06-29

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SWIFT (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-06-29 · resigned 2010-06-01

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.