ALWAYS SMILING WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
🏛️Establishedactive
11635880 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2018-10-22
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
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-5.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -60% 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,698
Cash draining
Cash down 60% YoY
Cash YoY
-60%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£609
↓ 60% YoY
Net Worth
-£6k
↓ 9.3% YoY
Current Assets
£609
↓ 60% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-3.0k | £1.4k |
| Current assets | £609 | £1.5k |
| Cash | £609 | £1.5k |
| Net assets | £-5.7k | £-5.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-21📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-01-17📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-08-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-08-13➕TINDALE, Ashley appointeddirector
- 2020-08-13➖MCDONALD, Ian resigneddirector
- 2018-12-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-12-06➕MCDONALD, Ian appointeddirector
- 2018-10-22🏢Company incorporatedAs ALWAYS SMILING WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
- 2018-10-22➕SALKELD, Jo-Anne appointeddirector
- 2018-10-22📄incorporation-community-interest-companyincorporation · CICINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Jo-Anne Salkeld Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52 | — | — | board controlboard control | 22/10/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| BBM SAFETY TRAINING LTD→ 13493709 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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| BLOCK LEARNING LTD→ 14382733 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| BLUEBIRD L&D LIMITED→ 16966146 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| BOYD TOPCO LIMITED→ 12461919 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| BUDDIES NURSERY LIMITED→ 10293329 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| BUTTERFLY TOUCH THERAPIES LIMITED→ 11194385 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| CALAMANDER VISION LTD→ 14345251 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| CASA OLARULUI(THE POTTER'S HOUSE) C.I.C.→ 15177659 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2018-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services
Registered office
17 Duxford Grove
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 0GH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
SALKELD, Jo-Anne→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2018-10-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TINDALE, Ashley→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2020-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCDONALD, Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2018-12-06 · resigned 2020-08-13
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Recent filings (21 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16