ALISON PHILIPSON LITERACY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09703329 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 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.

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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees100100

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.

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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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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-07
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  11. 2018-09-20
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2018-08-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ALISON PHILIPSON LITERACY LIMITED
  17. 2015-07-27
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    PHILIPSON, Alison appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PHILIPSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
Ms Alison Philipson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/08/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Alison Philipsonceased 03/08/2018· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2015-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

21 Redburn Road
Shipley
BD18 3BD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PHILIPSON, Alison→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-07-27
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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-10