ASPIRE TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09524781 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-02
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
31 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£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees3300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-01-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-04-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2017-11-07
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  15. 2017-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-20
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  17. 2017-03-17
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    MCHALE, Linda Patricia resigned
    director
  18. 2015-04-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ASPIRE TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 2015-04-02
    ➕
    HOLMES, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  20. 2015-04-02
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Lisa appointed
    director
  21. 2015-04-02
    ➕
    MCHALE, Linda Patricia appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Jacqueline Holmes
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Lisa Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2015-04-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Suites C,D,E,F 14th Floor The Plaza
Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9QJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HOLMES, Jacqueline→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-04-02
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Active
JOHNSON, Lisa→
director · ~47y · appointed 2015-04-02
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Active
MCHALE, Linda Patricia→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-04-02 · resigned 2017-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18