ACHIEVE TEACHERS LTD
🌳Matureactive
09972016 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-27
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£4.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -62% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.7y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £4,876
Cash draining
Cash down 62% YoY
Cash YoY
-62%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£62k
↓ 62% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 69% YoY
Current Assets
£538k
↓ 2.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £196.0k | £242.3k |
| Current assets | £538.2k | £550.7k |
| Cash | £61.6k | £160.9k |
| Debtors | £476.7k | £389.8k |
| Net assets | £4.9k | £2.9k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-08-01➕MATHEW JOSEPH, Joe appointeddirector
- 2024-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-11-09➕WADE, Nicholas Charles Edward appointeddirector
- 2023-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-08-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-04📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-08-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-08-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Sonovate Limited
- 2021-08-04🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2019-10-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-09-16➖NICOLAOU, Stavros Antonios resigneddirector
- 2016-11-11➕NICOLAOU, Stavros Antonios appointeddirector
- 2016-10-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC
- 2016-09-15➕LATHAR, Sanjay appointeddirector
- 2016-09-15➖LATHAR, Premlata resigneddirector
- 2016-01-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ACHIEVE TEACHERS LTD
- 2016-01-27➕LATHAR, Premlata appointeddirector
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Achieve Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Achieve Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ACHIEVE TEACHERS LTD
This company · 09972016
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Achieve Group Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 16/09/2019 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Stavros Antonios Nicolaouceased 25/01/2018· 25-50% shares
- Mr Sanjay Latharceased 16/09/2019· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 CONSULTING LONDON LTD→ 10407570 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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| AA GLOBAL ACADEMY T/A FLUENT FUTURE ACADEMY LTD→ 07743464 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services
Registered office
160c Fencepiece Road
Ilford
IG6 2LB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
LATHAR, Sanjay→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2016-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MATHEW JOSEPH, Joe→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2024-08-01
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WADE, Nicholas Charles Edward→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2023-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LATHAR, Premlata→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2016-01-27 · resigned 2016-09-15
NICOLAOU, Stavros Antonios→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2016-11-11 · resigned 2019-09-16
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Sonovate Sonovate Limited | A registered charge | — | 04/08/2021 | — | |
| satisfied | Hitachi Capital (UK) Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/10/2016 | 04/08/2021 |
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Recent filings (44 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-16