ACADEMY ANALYTICS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08398058 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£75.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 4.6y

35/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Charge age ~4.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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
70
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £75,399
Cash YoY
+73%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£131k
↑ 73% YoY
Net Worth
£75k
↑ 7.9% YoY
Current Assets
£131k
↑ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£26k£52k£79k£105k£131kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£125.4k£299.0k
Current assets£131.2k£82.8k
Cash£131.2k£75.7k
Debtors£7.2k
Net assets£75.4k£69.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-09-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-07-19
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2024-07-19
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2024-07-19
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    Charge satisfied #2
  8. 2024-07-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-07-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-09
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2021-12-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  15. 2021-11-24
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2021-11-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  17. 2021-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-02-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2019-01-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2013-06-14
    SCHENK, Paul Alex appointed
    director
  23. 2013-06-14
    SUTTON, Ian Stewart resigned
    director
  24. 2013-02-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMY ANALYTICS LIMITED
  25. 2013-02-11
    SUTTON, Ian Stewart 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Alex Schenk
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ian Stewart Suttonceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Rear Of 81 High Street
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 0BX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

SCHENK, Paul Alex
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-06-14
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Active
SUTTON, Ian Stewart
director · ~68y · appointed 2013-02-11 · resigned 2013-06-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge1 property03/12/202119/07/2024
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge17/11/202119/07/2024

Recent filings (39 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-07-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-12-09