BREAKAWAY TRAINING LTD

💤Zombieactive

11167289 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-24

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-13.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

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 76/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

18 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £13,068

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£13k

↑ 9.2% YoY

Current Assets

£281

↓ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£2.1k	£-496
Current assets	£281	£330
Net assets	£-13.1k	£-14.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand

2025-08-21
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accounts · AA
2024-12-11
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accounts · AA
2023-10-13
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accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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accounts · AA
2021-12-02
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accounts · AA
2020-11-09
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accounts · AA
2020-01-28
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address · AD01
2019-12-09
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accounts · AA01
2019-10-18
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accounts · AA
2018-01-24
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Company incorporated
As BREAKAWAY TRAINING LTD
2018-01-24
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BYROM, Paul appointed
director
2018-01-24
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Byrom Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	24/01/2018
Mrs Alexandra Byrom Individual · British · DOB 11/1978 · age 48	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	24/01/2018

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

Incorporated2018-01-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Jarman Cottage Jarman

Sutton

Macclesfield

Cheshire

SK11 0HJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-06

Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BYROM, Paul→

director · ~64y · appointed 2018-01-24

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