ACHIEVEMENT TRAINING & SKILLS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09658825 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-26
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£26.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85590Other education n.e.c.
  • 85600Educational support services
  • 96020Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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, 4 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
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £25,958
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,936 YoY
Cash YoY
+280%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£39k
↑ 280% YoY
Net Worth
£26k
↓ 6.9% YoY
Current Assets
£376k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£75k£151k£226k£301k£376kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£26.0k£29.1k
Current assets£376.5k£325.7k
Cash£38.7k£10.2k
Debtors£337.8k£315.5k
Net assets£26.0k£27.9k

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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2024-08-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-08-10
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-20
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-01-10
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    DE ARA TORRES GRANGE, Claire appointed
    director
  10. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-16
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    GREEN, Amber resigned
    director
  12. 2021-04-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-18
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    JOY, Samantha appointed
    director
  15. 2020-03-18
    ➕
    GREEN, Amber appointed
    director
  16. 2020-03-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2020-03-18
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  18. 2020-03-18
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    officers · CH01
  19. 2020-03-13
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  20. 2020-03-12
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    JOHNSON, Evie Lacey appointed
    director
  21. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  23. 2015-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ACHIEVEMENT TRAINING & SKILLS LTD
  24. 2015-06-26
    ➕
    STOTT, Stuart Rome appointed
    secretary
  25. 2015-06-26
    ➕
    STOTT, Stuart Rome 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 66 — 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 66. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart Stott
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

5-6 Castle Meadow
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 3PY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-10
Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

STOTT, Stuart Rome→
secretary · appointed 2015-06-26
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Active
DE ARA TORRES GRANGE, Claire→
director · ~35y · appointed 2022-01-10
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Active
JOHNSON, Evie Lacey→
director · ~31y · appointed 2020-03-12
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Active
JOY, Samantha→
director · ~38y · appointed 2020-03-18
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Active
STOTT, Stuart Rome→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-06-26
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Active
GREEN, Amber→
director · ~44y · appointed 2020-03-18 · resigned 2021-04-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-08-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-16