ACADEMY ADVISORY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09102896 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-25
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£4.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
41 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,760
Net assets shrinking
Down £34,208 YoY
Cash YoY
-24%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
↓ 24% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 88% YoY
Current Assets
£125k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£31k£61k£92k£123k£153kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£4.8k£39.0k
Current assets£125.0k£153.5k
Cash£17.7k£23.3k
Debtors£107.3k£130.2k
Net assets£4.8k£39.0k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-18
    ➕
    GILES, Ryan Richard appointed
    director
  6. 2023-08-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-07-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-07-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-07-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-07-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-02-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2021-09-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2021-09-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2021-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-11-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-11-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2020-11-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2020-11-01
    ➕
    WHITING, Andreea Isabelle appointed
    director
  21. 2020-08-03
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    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  22. 2014-06-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMY ADVISORY LIMITED
  23. 2014-06-25
    ➕
    WHITING, Christopher John appointed
    director
  24. 2014-06-25
    ➕
    WHITING, Geoffrey Lawrence 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 77 — 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 77 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher John Whiting
Individual · British · DOB 07/1979 · age 47
—75–100%75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70221 — Financial management

Registered office

9 Willowherb Close
Tamworth
B79 0EX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

GILES, Ryan Richard→
director · ~32y · appointed 2023-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITING, Andreea Isabelle→
director · ~32y · appointed 2020-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITING, Christopher John→
director · ~47y · appointed 2014-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITING, Geoffrey Lawrence→
director · ~77y · appointed 2014-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27