ANDERSON EDUCATION CONSULTANTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09341314 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-04
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
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£368.4k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £368,376
Cash YoY
-4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£553k
↓ 4.2% YoY
Net Worth
£368k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£576k
↓ 9.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£127k£254k£381k£508k£635kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£391.0k£290.0k
Current assets£576.2k£635.5k
Cash£553.3k£577.4k
Debtors£22.8k£58.1k
Net assets£368.4k£289.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-05-28
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  3. 2025-12-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-12-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-05-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-08-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2020-06-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2020-03-31
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    ANDERSON, Alec Morley resigned
    director
  17. 2019-09-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2019-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-09-01
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    ANDERSON, Alec Morley appointed
    director
  20. 2019-02-22
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  21. 2018-10-17
    ➖
    ANDERSON, Susan Christine resigned
    director
  22. 2014-12-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDERSON EDUCATION CONSULTANTS LTD
  23. 2014-12-04
    ➕
    GANDY, Lucy Claire appointed
    secretary
  24. 2014-12-04
    ➕
    GANDY, Lucy Claire appointed
    director
  25. 2014-12-04
    ➕
    SPARLING, Sara Jane appointed
    director
  26. 2014-12-04
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Susan Christine appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mrs Sara Jane Sparling
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/05/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Lucy Gandyceased 04/12/2024· significant influence
  • Mrs Susan Andersonceased 17/10/2018· significant influence

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
Incorporated2014-12-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

C/O Reynolds Ground Floor Windmill House
127-128 Windmill Street
Gravesend
Kent
DA12 1BL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GANDY, Lucy Claire→
secretary · appointed 2014-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GANDY, Lucy Claire→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPARLING, Sara Jane→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON, Alec Morley→
director · ~90y · appointed 2019-09-01 · resigned 2020-03-31
Resigned
ANDERSON, Susan Christine→
director · ~83y · appointed 2014-12-04 · resigned 2018-10-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-25
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-05-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07