INSPIRE EDUCATION LEARNING LTD

🌳Matureactive
09843810 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-27
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£-28.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £28,709

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£132
Net Worth
-£29k
↓ 6.4% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
Current Liabilities
—
-£29k-£19k-£9k£1k£11k£21kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£-747£8.9k
Current assets£21.1k—
Cash£132—
Debtors£20.9k£9.1k
Net assets£-28.7k£-27.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-06-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-05-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-07-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2016-11-22
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    HAWKES, Laura Joanne resigned
    director
  18. 2016-11-22
    ➖
    WHITEHOUSE, Naomi Elizabeth resigned
    director
  19. 2015-10-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As INSPIRE EDUCATION LEARNING LTD
  20. 2015-10-27
    ➕
    HAWKES, Joshua appointed
    director
  21. 2015-10-27
    ➕
    WHITEHOUSE, Luke Benjamin John appointed
    director
  22. 2015-10-27
    ➕
    HAWKES, Laura Joanne appointed
    director
  23. 2015-10-27
    ➕
    WHITEHOUSE, Naomi Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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
Mr Luke Benjamin John Whitehouse
Individual · British · DOB 09/1987 · age 39
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Joshua Hawkes
Individual · British · DOB 08/1990 · age 36
——sig. influencesignificant influence12/10/2016

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
Incorporated2015-10-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

2 Copenhagen Street
Worcester
WR1 2HB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HAWKES, Joshua→
director · ~36y · appointed 2015-10-27
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Active
WHITEHOUSE, Luke Benjamin John→
director · ~39y · appointed 2015-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAWKES, Laura Joanne→
director · ~38y · appointed 2015-10-27 · resigned 2016-11-22
Resigned
WHITEHOUSE, Naomi Elizabeth→
director · ~37y · appointed 2015-10-27 · resigned 2016-11-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31