ANDRE EVANS AND J CHAPMAN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09923805 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-21

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

—

year to Dec 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

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	2	200

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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2025-09-29
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2024-08-29
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2023-09-21
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accounts · AA
2022-08-04
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2021-08-12
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accounts · AA
2020-11-13
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incorporation · MA
2020-11-13
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-11-13
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capital · SH10
2020-11-13
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capital · SH08
2020-07-01
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accounts · AA
2019-08-22
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accounts · AA
2018-08-21
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2017-09-21
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2015-12-21
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Company incorporated
As ANDRE EVANS AND J CHAPMAN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
2015-12-21
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CHAPMAN, Jane Susan appointed
director
2015-12-21
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EVANS, Andre John appointed
director
2015-12-21
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHAPMAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Jane Susan Chapman Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Andre John Evans Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2015-12-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

Ashcombe Court

Woolsack Way

Godalming

GU7 1LQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-04

Last: 2025-12-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHAPMAN, Jane Susan→

director · ~66y · appointed 2015-12-21

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EVANS, Andre John→

director · ~68y · appointed 2015-12-21

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