ASPIRE FOUNDATION

🌳Matureactive

08460624 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2013-03-25

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 9.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 9.3y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 9.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (8 active, 13 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

49 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Average employees	98

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

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3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-05-09
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officers · RP01AP01
2026-05-09
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officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-23
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officers · AP01
2026-04-23
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officers · AP01
2026-04-20
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BENNION, Sara Loris appointed
director
2026-02-09
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officers · AP01
2026-02-06
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TUCK, Oliver John appointed
director
2026-02-04
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TARVER, Daniel Joseph Charles appointed
director
2025-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
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officers · AP01
2025-09-09
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BHANDAL, Balbinder Singh appointed
director
2025-05-07
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officers · AP01
2025-05-07
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officers · TM01
2025-05-06
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THOMAS, Nia Delwen, Dr appointed
director
2025-05-06
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WELSH, Charles resigned
director
2025-04-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-04
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RAY, Cordell John Francis resigned
director
2025-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
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MOLNAR-PLEYDELL, Lesley appointed
director
2024-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-04
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officers · TM01
2021-10-11
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NORTH, Michael Andrew resigned
director
2021-07-02
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-04-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-04-21
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change-of-name-exemption
change-of-name · NE01
2019-07-10
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BROWN, Tracy Helen Sadie resigned
director
2017-03-13
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NORTH, Michael Andrew appointed
director
2017-03-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2015-08-31
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ELDRIDGE, Stephen William, Rev resigned
director
2015-02-04
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HUNT, Julie appointed
director
2015-02-04
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BROWN, Tracy Helen Sadie appointed
director
2015-02-04
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RAY, Cordell John Francis appointed
director
2013-03-25
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Company incorporated
As ASPIRE FOUNDATION
2013-03-25
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PRICE, Claire appointed
director
2013-03-25
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ELDRIDGE, Stephen William, Rev appointed
director
2013-03-25
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WELSH, Charles appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — 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 88 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2013-03-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Gardners Lane Children's Centre

Gardners Lane

Cheltenham

GL51 9JW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-06

Last: 2026-04-22