EUCAN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

🌳Matureactive
07513162 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2011-02-01
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
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 94990Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

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
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
35 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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  2. 2024-11-26
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  3. 2024-03-05
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  4. 2024-02-26
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    MIDDLETON, Joseph resigned
    director
  5. 2023-11-14
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  6. 2022-12-02
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  7. 2021-11-19
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  8. 2020-11-25
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  9. 2019-11-22
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  10. 2018-11-14
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  11. 2018-04-24
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  12. 2018-04-24
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  13. 2018-04-16
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    AYLWARD, Karen resigned
    director
  14. 2018-04-16
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    BENNETT, Stephen Matthew resigned
    director
  15. 2017-11-17
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  16. 2016-11-29
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  17. 2016-02-17
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  18. 2016-02-17
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  19. 2016-01-07
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    MIDDLETON, Joseph appointed
    director
  20. 2011-11-15
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    AYLWARD, Karen appointed
    director
  21. 2011-02-01
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    Company incorporated
    As EUCAN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
  22. 2011-02-01
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    SPRING, Nigel Patrick appointed
    director
  23. 2011-02-01
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    WREN, Gwilym David Howard appointed
    director
  24. 2011-02-01
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    BENNETT, Stephen Matthew 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 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 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

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
Incorporated2011-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

346 Mundens Lane
Alweston
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 5HU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SPRING, Nigel Patrick→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-02-01
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Active
WREN, Gwilym David Howard→
director · ~70y · appointed 2011-02-01
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Active
AYLWARD, Karen→
director · ~54y · appointed 2011-11-15 · resigned 2018-04-16
Resigned
BENNETT, Stephen Matthew→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-02-01 · resigned 2018-04-16
Resigned
MIDDLETON, Joseph→
director · ~44y · appointed 2016-01-07 · resigned 2024-02-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

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2025-11-25
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2025-02-03
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2024-11-26
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officers · TM01
2024-03-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
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2023-11-14
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2023-02-01
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2022-12-02
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2022-02-01
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2021-11-19
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2021-02-01
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2020-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-14
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2019-11-22