ALL SAINTS SCHOOL (LESSINGHAM) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10323174 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-10
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.
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
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 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees46004200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-01-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-01-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ALL SAINTS SCHOOL (LESSINGHAM) LIMITED
  17. 2016-08-10
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    GARDINER, Judith appointed
    director
  18. 2016-08-10
    ➕
    SMITH, Rachel appointed
    director
  19. 2016-08-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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 72 — 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

66/100
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.
  • 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
Mrs Rachel Smith
Individual · British · DOB 03/1983 · age 43
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/03/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Judith Gardinerceased 23/03/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2016-08-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85310 — General secondary education

Registered office

Rookery Farm Reynolds Lane
Potter Heigham
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR29 5LY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GARDINER, Judith→
director · ~72y · appointed 2016-08-10
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Active
SMITH, Rachel→
director · ~43y · appointed 2016-08-10
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13