BRISTOL GROUNDSCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LTD

🌳Matureactive
09532736 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-09
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£844.2k
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
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £844,207
Cash YoY
+71%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£92k
↑ 71% YoY
Net Worth
£844k
↑ 6.8% YoY
Current Assets
£2.7m
↓ 4.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£557k£1.1m£1.7m£2.2m£2.8mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£844.2k£808.1k
Current assets£2.67M£2.78M
Cash£92.3k£53.9k
Debtors£2.58M£2.73M
Net assets£844.2k£790.5k

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

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3 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-08-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-07-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-07-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-07-22
    ➕
    FOWKES, Gillian appointed
    director
  7. 2025-07-22
    ➕
    HAYES, Matthew Douglas appointed
    director
  8. 2024-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-04-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-11-06
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2021-11-06
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  15. 2021-10-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2021-08-05
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    address · AD01
  17. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-05-11
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2021-05-11
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  20. 2021-03-01
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2021-02-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bristol Groundschool Europe Limited
  22. 2020-09-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2020-09-02
    ➖
    TELLING, Julian resigned
    director
  24. 2016-11-17
    ➕
    TELLING, Julian appointed
    director
  25. 2016-10-26
    ➕
    WREN, Roderick James appointed
    director
  26. 2015-04-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRISTOL GROUNDSCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LTD
  27. 2015-04-09
    ➕
    WHITTINGHAM, Alexander John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Mr Alexander John Whittingham
Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
50–75%
—50-75% shares09/04/2016
Ms Catherine Jane Whittingham
Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares20/04/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Bristol Groundschool Europe Limitedceased 01/08/2025· board control

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
Incorporated2015-04-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Bristol Groundschool Windmill Road
Kenn
Clevedon
BS21 6UJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

FOWKES, Gillian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAYES, Matthew Douglas→
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-07-22
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Active
WHITTINGHAM, Alexander John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WREN, Roderick James→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-10-26
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Active
TELLING, Julian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-11-17 · resigned 2020-09-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bristol Groundschool Europe
Bristol Groundschool Europe Limited
A registered charge1 property19/02/2021—
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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31