CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP LTD

🌳Matureactive
07873530 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-07
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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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees400400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2023-09-29
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  4. 2022-09-26
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-03
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    capital · SH01
  8. 2020-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-21
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2017-02-27
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    OXBOROUGH, Paul resigned
    director
  14. 2017-02-27
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2016-10-03
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-07-26
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  17. 2011-12-07
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    Company incorporated
    As CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP LTD
  18. 2011-12-07
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    KEOUGH, Trevor John appointed
    secretary
  19. 2011-12-07
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    HADLEY, Andrew Peter Harling appointed
    director
  20. 2011-12-07
    ➕
    KEOUGH, Trevor John appointed
    director
  21. 2011-12-07
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    OXBOROUGH, Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Peter Harling Hadley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/12/2016
Mr Trevor John Keough
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/12/2016

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
Incorporated2011-12-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

Beech House
Blindcrake
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 0QP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

KEOUGH, Trevor John→
secretary · appointed 2011-12-07
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Active
HADLEY, Andrew Peter Harling→
director · ~66y · appointed 2011-12-07
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Active
KEOUGH, Trevor John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2011-12-07
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Active
OXBOROUGH, Paul→
director · ~57y · appointed 2011-12-07 · resigned 2017-02-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-17