AA2A LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07381357 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-09-20

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£18.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Educational support services

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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, 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

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £18,792

Cash YoY

+22%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£35k

↑ 22% YoY

Net Worth

£19k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£35k

↑ 17% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£18.8k	£16.7k
Current assets	£35.2k	£30.0k
Cash	£34.8k	£28.6k
Debtors	£360	£1.4k
Net assets	£18.8k	£16.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2025-10-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-29
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officers · TM01
2025-09-16
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MCGRAVIE, David resigned
director
2025-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-18
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CAVANAUGH, Luke Alexander Brian Geoffrey appointed
director
2024-10-18
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GILBERT, David George appointed
director
2024-10-18
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MACKI, Eugene Nyee appointed
director
2024-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-03
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MASON, Wendy Ruth resigned
director
2023-04-11
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-03-30
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-08-20
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MCGRAVIE, David appointed
director
2018-11-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-02
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GRANT, Neil Oliver, Professor resigned
director
2018-01-22
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RODGER, Georgia Nicole resigned
director
2017-06-17
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GRANT, Neil Oliver, Professor appointed
director
2016-07-01
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SCHECHNER, Alan Michael, Professor resigned
director
2015-09-22
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OWEN, Christopher Paul appointed
director
2015-09-22
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CHERRY, Norman, Prof resigned
director
2014-09-01
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SCHECHNER, Alan Michael, Professor appointed
director
2010-09-20
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Company incorporated
As AA2A LIMITED
2010-09-20
➕
ADAMS, Jonathan Thomas appointed
director
2010-09-20
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BRINDLE, Mary Glenda appointed
director
2010-09-20
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CHERRY, Norman, Prof appointed
director
2010-09-20
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MASON, Wendy Ruth appointed
director
2010-09-20
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RODGER, Georgia Nicole appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2010-09-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

The Carousel

25 Hockley

Nottingham

NG1 1FH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-04

Last: 2025-09-20