1.2.3. SOLEIL

🌳Matureactive

06960170 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2009-07-13

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Primary education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85310General secondary education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

43 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-17
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2025-04-25
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2024-05-19
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accounts · AA
2023-04-26
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accounts · AA
2022-04-11
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accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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address · AD01
2021-06-23
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officers · CH03
2021-06-23
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officers · CH01
2021-06-23
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2021-06-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-23
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address · AD01
2021-04-22
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accounts · AA
2020-04-17
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accounts · AA
2019-05-02
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accounts · AA
2018-05-01
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accounts · AA
2017-04-28
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accounts · AA
2010-07-07
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JONES, Corinne Paulette resigned
director
2009-07-13
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Company incorporated
As 1.2.3. SOLEIL
2009-07-13
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WARD, Sophie Florence appointed
secretary
2009-07-13
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CADINOUCHE, Francois-Xavier Florentin Pierre appointed
director
2009-07-13
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WARD, Sophie Florence appointed
director
2009-07-13
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JONES, Corinne Paulette appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+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 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sophie Florence Ward Individual · French · DOB 02/1976 · age 50	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest	06/04/2016
Mr Francois-Xavier Florentin Pierre Cadinouche Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2009-07-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

16 Ashley Park

Maidenhead

SL6 8EZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-13

Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

WARD, Sophie Florence→

secretary · appointed 2009-07-13

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Active

CADINOUCHE, Francois-Xavier Florentin Pierre→

director · ~64y · appointed 2009-07-13

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Active

WARD, Sophie Florence→

director · ~50y · appointed 2009-07-13

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Active

JONES, Corinne Paulette→

director · ~59y · appointed 2009-07-13 · resigned 2010-07-07

Resigned

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