CENTRAL EDUCATION LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11532012 · ltd · incorporated 2018-08-22
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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£646.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 77). 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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
20 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £646,356
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£877k
Net Worth
£646k
Current Assets
£888k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £646.4k | — |
| Current assets | £887.5k | — |
| Cash | £877.0k | — |
| Debtors | £10.5k | — |
| Net assets | £646.4k | — |
| Average employees | — | 1600 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-22🏢Company incorporatedAs CENTRAL EDUCATION LIMITED
- 2018-08-22➕GILL, Mark Stuart appointeddirector
- 2018-08-22➕WYATT, Geoffrey Charles appointeddirector
- 2018-08-22📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Geoffrey Charles Wyatt Individual · British · DOB 07/1949 · age 77 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 22/08/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-08-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.
Registered office
Yew Tree Farm Nash Lane
Scaynes Hill
Haywards Heath
RH17 7NJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GILL, Mark Stuart→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2018-08-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WYATT, Geoffrey Charles→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2018-08-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (20 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03