COLLABORATIVE COUNSELLING ACADEMY LTD

💤Zombieactive
12983932 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2020-10-29
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£-6.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Post-secondary non-tertiary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -65% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,769
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,709 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 65% YoY
Cash YoY
-65%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 65% YoY
Net Worth
-£7k
↓ 214% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£7k-£2k£3k£8k£12k£17kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-6.8k£5.9k
Current assets£17.1k£15.5k
Cash£5.5k£15.5k
Debtors£11.7k—
Net assets£-6.8k£5.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-03-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-10-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-09-30
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    RAMSAY, Kate Sarah resigned
    director
  7. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-12-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-11-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As COLLABORATIVE COUNSELLING ACADEMY LTD
  15. 2020-10-29
    ➕
    JOSEPH, Christine appointed
    director
  16. 2020-10-29
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Kate Sarah appointed
    director
  17. 2020-10-29
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2020-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85410 — Post-secondary non-tertiary education

Registered office

11 Mardley Hill
Welwyn
AL6 0UE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

JOSEPH, Christine→
director · ~68y · appointed 2020-10-29
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Active
RAMSAY, Kate Sarah→
director · ~50y · appointed 2020-10-29 · resigned 2024-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (18 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-04