CHERRY DRIVING SCHOOL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08439771 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-12

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

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£50.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Driving school activities

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £50,571

Cash YoY

+6%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£58k

↑ 5.5% YoY

Net Worth

£51k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£50.6k	£50.3k
Current assets	—	£55.1k
Cash	£58.2k	£55.1k
Net assets	£50.6k	£50.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-12-07
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2024-12-18
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2023-06-07
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2022-11-25
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2021-07-23
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accounts · AA
2020-11-25
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accounts · AA
2019-12-05
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MYLETT, Gemma appointed
director
2019-12-05
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OAK, Christopher appointed
director
2019-12-05
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officers · AP01
2019-12-05
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officers · AP01
2019-08-08
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2018-07-09
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2017-06-16
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2016-06-07
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2016-03-15
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-14
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accounts · AA
2015-03-12
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2013-03-12
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Company incorporated
As CHERRY DRIVING SCHOOL LIMITED
2013-03-12
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COATES, David Andrew appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Andrew Coates Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2013-03-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities

Registered office

33 Minster Drive

Cherry Willingham

Lincolnshire

LN3 4LR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

COATES, David Andrew→

director · ~74y · appointed 2013-03-12

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Active

MYLETT, Gemma→

director · ~44y · appointed 2019-12-05

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Active

OAK, Christopher→

director · ~44y · appointed 2019-12-05

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Active

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Recent filings (29 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-07

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-02