ACADEMY DE GUBERNATIS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08875601 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-04
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees100100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-10-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-12-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-04-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2018-03-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2014-02-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMY DE GUBERNATIS LIMITED
  19. 2014-02-04
    LENCHANTIN DE GUBERNATIS, Claire Veronique appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Claire Veronique Lenchantin De Gubernatis
Individual · French · DOB 07/1986 · age 40
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-02-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

36 Wattleton Road
Beaconsfield
Bucks
HP9 1SE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

LENCHANTIN DE GUBERNATIS, Claire Veronique
director · ~40y · appointed 2014-02-04
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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-02