ACADEMY OF SINOLOGY UK

🏛️Establishedactive

10226119 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2016-06-10

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Post-graduate level higher education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	19	1100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-04
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HUGHES, Medwin, Professor resigned
director
2025-10-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-27
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TSAI, Li-Hsu resigned
director
2025-10-14
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LI, Yue resigned
director
2025-10-14
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SHANGGUAN, Qiancheng resigned
director
2025-10-14
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WONG, Yat Fai resigned
director
2025-10-14
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WU, Furi resigned
director
2025-06-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-20
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WEN, Yueming appointed
director
2023-06-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
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KUNG, Chin, Venerable Master resigned
director
2022-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-09-30
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ZHAO, Yanxia, Dr resigned
director
2018-07-16
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CHOU, Clayton Chun-Tang resigned
director
2016-09-22
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WU, Chi-Hung appointed
director
2016-09-22
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CHOU, Clayton Chun-Tang appointed
director
2016-09-22
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LI, Yue appointed
director
2016-09-22
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SHANGGUAN, Qiancheng appointed
director
2016-09-22
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TSAI, Li-Hsu appointed
director
2016-09-22
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WONG, Yat Fai appointed
director
2016-09-22
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WU, Furi appointed
director
2016-07-11
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HUGHES, Medwin, Professor appointed
director
2016-07-11
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KUNG, Chin, Venerable Master appointed
director
2016-06-10
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Company incorporated
As ACADEMY OF SINOLOGY UK
2016-06-10
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ZHAO, Yanxia, 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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·

6 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HUGHES, Medwin, Professor resigned 2025-11-04; LI, Yue resigned 2025-10-14; SHANGGUAN, Qiancheng resigned 2025-10-14

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2016-06-10

Jurisdictionwales

Primary SIC85422 — Post-graduate level higher education

Registered office

17 J Shed Kings Road

Swansea

SA1 8PL

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-23

Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

WEN, Yueming→

director · ~66y · appointed 2023-09-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WU, Chi-Hung→

director · ~62y · appointed 2016-09-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CHOU, Clayton Chun-Tang→

director · ~91y · appointed 2016-09-22 · resigned 2018-07-16

Resigned

HUGHES, Medwin, Professor→

director · ~65y · appointed 2016-07-11 · resigned 2025-11-04

Resigned

KUNG, Chin, Venerable Master→

director · ~99y · appointed 2016-07-11 · resigned 2022-07-26

Resigned

LI, Yue→

director · ~63y · appointed 2016-09-22 · resigned 2025-10-14

Resigned

SHANGGUAN, Qiancheng→

director · ~50y · appointed 2016-09-22 · resigned 2025-10-14

Resigned

TSAI, Li-Hsu→

director · ~53y · appointed 2016-09-22 · resigned 2025-10-27

Resigned

WONG, Yat Fai→

director · ~67y · appointed 2016-09-22 · resigned 2025-10-14

Resigned

WU, Furi→

director · ~60y · appointed 2016-09-22 · resigned 2025-10-14

Resigned

ZHAO, Yanxia, Dr→

director · ~64y · appointed 2016-06-10 · resigned 2018-09-30

Resigned

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