AGILE AGEING ENTERPRISES LTD

🌳Matureactive
07183906 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-10
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 86900Other human health activities
  • 88990Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
  • 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
52 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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
9
filings
  • • 5 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
12
filings
  • • 5 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-27
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-04-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-04-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-04-24
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2026-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2026-04-20
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2026-04-16
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    address · AD01
  9. 2026-02-13
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2026-01-26
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2026-01-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-04-05
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2022-03-01
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  17. 2022-02-28
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  18. 2021-12-19
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  19. 2021-02-23
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2011-03-10
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    SPERO, Ian Douglas appointed
    director
  21. 2010-03-10
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    Company incorporated
    As AGILE AGEING ENTERPRISES LTD
  22. 2010-03-10
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    CARTON, Anne-Marie appointed
    secretary
  23. 2010-03-10
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    CARTON, Anne-Marie Denise appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Douglas Spero
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Anne-Marie Denise Carton
Individual · French · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

Unit 11 Aylsham Business Park
Richard Oakes Road
Aylsham
Norwich
NR11 6FD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CARTON, Anne-Marie→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-10
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Active
CARTON, Anne-Marie Denise→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-03-10
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Active
SPERO, Ian Douglas→
director · ~70y · appointed 2011-03-10
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Active

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Recent filings (52 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-01-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22