AA EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10651014 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-03
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£26.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £26,057

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£26k
↑ 5.1% YoY
Current Assets
£77k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£18k£37k£55k£74k£92kAug 2024Aug 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-282024-08-28
Total assets£26.2k£24.8k
Current assets£76.7k£92.5k
Debtors£38.0k£34.7k
Net assets£26.1k£24.8k

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-22
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2019-05-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-27
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2018-11-28
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-11-22
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2017-03-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AA EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES LIMITED
  14. 2017-03-03
    BHAGDEV, Anila appointed
    director
  15. 2017-03-03
    BHAGDEV, Paresh appointed
    director
  16. 2017-03-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)
🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Education & training · SK postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
1520 MANCHESTER CIC
17100256 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
1MESSAGE LIMITED
09935236 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
10y
1ST CONTACT TRAINING LTD
12602000 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
2040 TRAINING LTD
06682698 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
17y
21ST EDUCATION LTD
15931051 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
2LEARN LTD
15639704 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
5 N'S (MANCHESTER) LTD
07131544 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
16y
8ASH LIMITED
12854519 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
A & L HEALTHCARE CONSULTANCY LIMITED
04861958 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
22y
ABC EMERGENCY SKILLS LTD
16629147 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ABCETA PLAYTHINGS LIMITED
00982372 · est 1970 · no financials extracted
55y
ABUKA LIMITED
11964961 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

302 Bramhall Lane South
Bramhall
Stockport
SK7 3DL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-28
Last made up to: 2025-08-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BHAGDEV, Anila
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BHAGDEV, Paresh
director · ~67y · appointed 2017-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-09