ALBANY TRAINING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07211156 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-01
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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

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
Metric2025-05-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-08-20
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    BLACKBURN, Matthew James resigned
    director
  5. 2025-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-03-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-02-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-04-01
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    BLACKBURN, Matthew James appointed
    director
  18. 2010-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBANY TRAINING LIMITED
  19. 2010-04-01
    ➕
    BLACKBURN, Martin Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2010-04-01
    ➕
    MOSS, Deborah Joyce 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 67 — succession pressure is live.

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 67. 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 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 Martin Paul Blackburn
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016
Ms Deborah Joyce Moss
Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2010-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

102 Kingston Crescent
Southport
PR9 9YY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BLACKBURN, Martin Paul→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-04-01
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Active
MOSS, Deborah Joyce→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-04-01
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Active
BLACKBURN, Matthew James→
director · ~35y · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2025-08-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-04