ALBAN ACADEMIES TRUST TRADING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
13232620 · ltd · incorporated 2021-02-27
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
18 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-26
    ➖
    COMNINOS, Gregory James resigned
    director
  6. 2024-01-26
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-04-25
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-04-24
    ➕
    BARCLAY, Amy appointed
    director
  10. 2023-03-31
    ➖
    SHAW, Julia Suzanne resigned
    director
  11. 2023-02-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-05-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-02-07
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2021-05-14
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2021-05-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-03-25
    ➕
    GRAY, Alan Kirby appointed
    director
  17. 2021-03-25
    ➕
    COMNINOS, Gregory James appointed
    director
  18. 2021-02-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALBAN ACADEMIES TRUST TRADING LIMITED
  19. 2021-02-27
    ➕
    SHAW, Julia Suzanne appointed
    director
  20. 2021-02-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Ambition Education Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Ambition Education Trust
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ALBAN ACADEMIES TRUST TRADING LIMITED
This company · 13232620

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ambition Education Trust
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/02/2021

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
Incorporated2021-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Sandringham School
The Ridgeway
St Albans
Herts
AL4 9NX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BARCLAY, Amy→
director · ~39y · appointed 2023-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAY, Alan Kirby→
director · ~68y · appointed 2021-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMNINOS, Gregory James→
director · ~77y · appointed 2021-03-25 · resigned 2024-01-26
Resigned
SHAW, Julia Suzanne→
director · ~56y · appointed 2021-02-27 · resigned 2023-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-02-07