ARCADIA EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive
12247315 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-07
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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 (58/100).

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
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
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees600100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2025-08-04
    AHMED, Samah Gamal Mahmoud Said resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-20
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2024-06-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-07-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-07-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-07-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-08
    AHMED, Samah Gamal Mahmoud Said appointed
    secretary
  13. 2020-12-08
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2020-12-08
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  15. 2020-07-14
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-07-14
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-10-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARCADIA EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LTD
  18. 2019-10-07
    HASSAN, Amr Mohamed Abdelhalim appointed
    director
  19. 2019-10-07
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-06-20: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Amr Mohamed Abdelhalim Hassan
Individual · Egyptian · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/10/2019

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-10-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

Suite 23, 2nd Floor 50 Bramhall Lane South
Bramhall
Stockport
SK7 1AH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

HASSAN, Amr Mohamed Abdelhalim
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-10-07
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Active
AHMED, Samah Gamal Mahmoud Said
secretary · appointed 2020-12-08 · resigned 2025-08-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-06-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-05