ANNAN SCHOOL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08956853 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-25
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£260.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85200Primary education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). 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 9.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 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
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 £260,786
Cash YoY
-11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£107k
↓ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£261k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£159k
↓ 1.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£52k£104k£156k£209k£261kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£262.5k£247.8k
Current assets£159.0k£160.8k
Cash£107.1k£119.9k
Debtors£51.9k£40.8k
Net assets£260.8k£236.2k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-01
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  2. 2026-05-08
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  3. 2025-05-28
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  4. 2024-05-23
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  5. 2023-05-26
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  6. 2022-05-30
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  7. 2021-05-28
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  8. 2020-08-28
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  9. 2019-05-30
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  10. 2018-05-25
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  11. 2017-05-31
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  12. 2017-05-20
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  13. 2017-05-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  14. 2016-05-31
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  15. 2016-04-20
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  16. 2015-12-30
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  17. 2014-03-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ANNAN SCHOOL LIMITED
  18. 2014-03-25
    ➕
    HEPPLE, Lucie appointed
    secretary
  19. 2014-03-25
    ➕
    HUNTER, Deborah appointed
    director
  20. 2014-03-25
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    HUNTER, Mark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 68. 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Hunter
Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Deborah Hunter
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Annan Farm Lewes Road
Framfield
Uckfield
East Sussex
TN22 5RE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HEPPLE, Lucie→
secretary · appointed 2014-03-25
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Active
HUNTER, Deborah→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-03-25
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Active
HUNTER, Mark→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-03-25
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—11/05/2017—
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Recent filings (29 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-06-01
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-05-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
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accounts · AA
2025-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
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accounts · AA
2024-05-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
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2023-05-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
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accounts · AA
2022-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
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accounts · AA
2021-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
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accounts · AA
2020-08-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-07