ARMIGER TRAINING SERVICES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10314708 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-05
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£-28.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -38% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
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 £28,143
Cash YoY
-38%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£26k
↓ 38% YoY
Net Worth
-£28k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£38k-£19k-£722£18k£37k£55kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£-23.8k£-37.5k
Current assets£36.9k£55.3k
Cash£26.4k£42.6k
Debtors£10.5k£12.7k
Net assets£-28.1k£-38.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-23
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2023-08-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-16
    CARTER, Sara appointed
    director
  10. 2021-08-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ARMIGER TRAINING SERVICES LTD
  17. 2016-08-05
    ARMIGER, Luke appointed
    secretary
  18. 2016-08-05
    ARMIGER, Luke appointed
    director
  19. 2016-08-05
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ARMIGER" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Luke Armiger
Individual · British · DOB 11/1990 · age 36
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/08/2016

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
Incorporated2016-08-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

105 London Road London Road
Benfleet
SS7 5TG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-05
Last: 2025-08-22

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ARMIGER, Luke
secretary · appointed 2016-08-05
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ARMIGER, Luke
director · ~36y · appointed 2016-08-05
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CARTER, Sara
director · ~57y · appointed 2021-08-16
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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-08-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-14