ACADEMY OF INDIAN ARTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
13348464 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£197
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90010Performing arts
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £197

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£197
↑ 68% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£423£846£1k£2k£2kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£197£117
Current assets£2.1k£2.1k
Net assets£197£117

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 (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-08
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-08-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-08-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-08-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-07-21
    LAKHANI, Deepan Vijay appointed
    director
  9. 2023-07-21
    PATEL, Alpesh appointed
    director
  10. 2023-04-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2023-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-15
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  13. 2022-03-15
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  14. 2021-10-06
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  15. 2021-10-06
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  16. 2021-04-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMY OF INDIAN ARTS LIMITED
  17. 2021-04-21
    PATEL, Arvindkumar Purshottam appointed
    director
  18. 2021-04-21
    📄
    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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PATEL, Alpesh (same surname) appointed 2023-07-21. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-04-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Pramukh Swami Road
Neasden
London
NW10 8HW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-03
Last: 2025-06-19

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LAKHANI, Deepan Vijay
director · ~44y · appointed 2023-07-21
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Active
PATEL, Alpesh
director · ~49y · appointed 2023-07-21
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Active
PATEL, Arvindkumar Purshottam
director · ~84y · appointed 2021-04-21
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Recent filings (18 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-03-15
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2022-03-15