ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION LTD
🌳Matureactive
07506436 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-26
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 Jan 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 85421First-degree level higher education
- 85422Post-graduate level higher education
- 85600Educational support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2026-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-09-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-09-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-09-16➕ZAHID ALI JAFFRI, Zaheer Abbas appointeddirector
- 2020-09-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-01-26🏢Company incorporatedAs ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION LTD
- 2011-01-26➕MUKTHAR HUSSAIN, Yassin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Zaheer Abbas Zahid Ali Jaffri Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 18/09/2020 |
Mr Yassin Mukthar Hussain Individual · Indian · DOB 10/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| AFRUIKA BANTU SATURDAY SCHOOL CIC→ 09660011 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| AG INFO SERVICES LTD→ 13417376 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AHANA KOTHIYA CONSULTANCY LIMITED→ 16855383 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AIMS TUITION LIMITED→ 13663675 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AL IHSSAN CONSULTATION SERVICES LTD→ 14607733 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AL KHALEEL EDUCATION LIMITED→ 10518278 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| AL-HUDA PRIME TUTORS LIMITED→ 08051638 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| AL-KHAIR FOUNDATION→ 04819971 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education
Registered office
100 Turnpike Link
Croydon
Surrey
CR0 5NY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MUKTHAR HUSSAIN, Yassin→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2011-01-26
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ZAHID ALI JAFFRI, Zaheer Abbas→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2020-09-16
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Recent filings (38 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-09-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-09-18