AL ROWAD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09925810 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-22
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: General secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
28 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
75
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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  2. 2024-08-21
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  3. 2023-07-03
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  4. 2022-04-12
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  5. 2021-09-10
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  6. 2020-09-29
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  7. 2020-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-02
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    ALGHADIE, Saeed Ata, Dr appointed
    director
  9. 2019-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-03-07
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    ALGHADIE, Saeed, Dr resigned
    director
  12. 2019-03-07
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2018-09-28
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  14. 2017-10-03
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  15. 2017-08-22
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  16. 2016-05-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-05-01
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2016-02-15
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    ALKHALAF, Abdullah Ibrahim, Dr appointed
    director
  19. 2016-02-03
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    ALKHALAF, Saad Ibrahim, Dr appointed
    director
  20. 2015-12-22
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    Company incorporated
    As AL ROWAD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS LIMITED
  21. 2015-12-22
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    ALGHADIE, Saeed, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Saad Ibrahim Alkhalaf
Individual · Saudi Arabian · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% shares15/01/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Saeed Al Ghadieceased 22/08/2017· 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
Incorporated2015-12-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85310 — General secondary education

Registered office

Sycamore Road Sycamore Road
Aston
Birmingham
B6 5UH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ALGHADIE, Saeed Ata, Dr→
director · ~46y · appointed 2020-09-02
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Active
ALKHALAF, Abdullah Ibrahim, Dr→
director · ~72y · appointed 2016-02-15
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Active
ALKHALAF, Saad Ibrahim, Dr→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-02-03
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Active
ALGHADIE, Saeed, Dr→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-12-22 · resigned 2019-03-07
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Recent filings (28 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
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accounts · AA
2025-10-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
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officers · AP01
2020-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30