ARCHANGELS MONTESSORI LTD.
🌳Matureactive
07600452 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-12
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£82.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £81,954
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£82k
↑ 1.1% YoY
Current Assets
£19
↓ 94% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £28.8k | £29.3k |
| Current assets | £19 | £296 |
| Net assets | £82.0k | £81.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-06-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-06-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-06-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-06-07➖DAVIDSON-JARRETT, Dudley resigneddirector
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-15📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-11📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2023-07-04📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2012-04-11➕DAVIDSON-JARRETT, Ashley appointeddirector
- 2012-04-11➕DAVIDSON-JARRETT, Dudley appointeddirector
- 2011-04-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ARCHANGELS MONTESSORI LTD.
- 2011-04-12➕DAVIDSON-JARRETT, Ashley appointedsecretary
- 2011-04-12➕CORKSON-COLE, Vera appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Vera Corkson-Cole Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Ashley Davidson-Jarrett Individual · British · DOB 01/1989 · age 37 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
23 Genoa Road
Penge
London
SE20 8ES
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
DAVIDSON-JARRETT, Ashley→
Activesecretary · appointed 2011-04-12
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CORKSON-COLE, Vera→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2011-04-12
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DAVIDSON-JARRETT, Ashley→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2012-04-11
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DAVIDSON-JARRETT, Dudley→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2012-04-11 · resigned 2026-06-07
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 02/09/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (42 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-04
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-08-11
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31