ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08996723 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-15
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 4.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£203.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.5y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £202,990
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£215k
Net Worth
£203k
Current Assets
£298k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £207.9k | — |
| Current assets | £298.1k | — |
| Cash | £215.0k | — |
| Debtors | £83.1k | — |
| Net assets | £203.0k | — |
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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See pricing →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 (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-11-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-11-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Recognise Bank Limited
- 2021-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-09-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-10-01➕SHORT, Claire appointeddirector
- 2014-04-15🏢Company incorporatedAs ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE LIMITED
- 2014-04-15➕BRUCE, Steven Leonard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Claire Short Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/09/2020 |
Mr Steven Leonard Bruce Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.
Registered office
Charles Parker Building (Ground Floor) South Wing
Midland Road
Higham Ferrers
NN10 8DN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BRUCE, Steven Leonard→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2014-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHORT, Claire→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2014-10-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Recognise Bank Recognise Bank Limited | A registered charge | — | 12/11/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (32 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-01