ADOT FOUNDATION

🌳Matureactive
09075504 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2014-06-06
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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: high (83/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
37 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-01-16
    ➖
    O'FERRALL, Philip resigned
    director
  4. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-06-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-06-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-05-04
    ➕
    LAURENT, Antony Edward Pierre, Dr appointed
    director
  11. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-06-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-05-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2020-05-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2020-05-19
    ➕
    GRECH, Luke Emmanuel appointed
    director
  19. 2020-05-19
    ➕
    O'FERRALL, Philip appointed
    director
  20. 2020-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2016-12-08
    ➖
    PINSHAW, Steven Jonathan resigned
    director
  23. 2014-06-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ADOT FOUNDATION
  24. 2014-06-06
    ➕
    KIRSCHEL, Iwona appointed
    director
  25. 2014-06-06
    ➕
    KIRSCHEL, Laurence Grant appointed
    director
  26. 2014-06-06
    ➕
    PINSHAW, Steven Jonathan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
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.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Laurence Grant Kirschel
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2014-06-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

3rd Floor 114a Cromwell Road
London
SW7 4AG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

GRECH, Luke Emmanuel→
director · ~30y · appointed 2020-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KIRSCHEL, Iwona→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KIRSCHEL, Laurence Grant→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAURENT, Antony Edward Pierre, Dr→
director · ~74y · appointed 2022-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'FERRALL, Philip→
director · ~56y · appointed 2020-05-19 · resigned 2025-01-16
Resigned
PINSHAW, Steven Jonathan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-06-06 · resigned 2016-12-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-18