ALL STAR TRAINING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09154922 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-31
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
36 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-01-12➕DEAN, Lauren Michelle appointeddirector
- 2015-01-12➕DEAN, Richard Howard appointeddirector
- 2014-07-31🏢Company incorporatedAs ALL STAR TRAINING LIMITED
- 2014-07-31➕LINGLEY, Graham Michael appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 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
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 |
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Mrs Lauren Michelle Dean Individual · British · DOB 04/1983 · age 43 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Richard Howard Dean Individual · British · DOB 08/1980 · age 46 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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Active · Education & training · IP postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
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| 91ST MINUTE LTD→ 16999280 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACADEMY FOR TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP LIMITED→ 16141572 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACCESSIBLE ADVENTURE LTD→ 14693696 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ADU FIRST AID LTD→ 09996559 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| AETHRYNA DIGITAL SKILLS CO-OP CIC→ 17007317 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AFROTILITY LIMITED→ 15864036 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALECIA'S STUDY SPACE LTD→ 16855507 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALIGN AND SHINE LTD→ 16846031 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALLSTAR TRAINING (ESSEX) LIMITED→ 17032203 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AM-PRO COACHING LTD→ 14307471 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AMPP STUDIO CIC→ 16203625 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ANCHOR CHALLENGE LTD→ 14231932 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-07-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education
Registered office
42 Claydon Business Park
Great Blakenham
Ipswich
IP6 0NL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
DEAN, Lauren Michelle→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2015-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DEAN, Richard Howard→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2015-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LINGLEY, Graham Michael→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2014-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (36 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-12