ESSEX & THAMES EDUCATION

🌿Early-stageactive

13442286 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2021-06-07

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Post-graduate level higher education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85590Other education n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (7 active, 13 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31
Average employees	700

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-04-01
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accounts · AA
2025-10-31
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officers · CH01
2025-10-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-05
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TAIT, Michael John resigned
director
2024-06-05
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officers · TM01
2024-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
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TAIT, Michael John appointed
director
2023-11-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-01
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MALCOM, Peter resigned
director
2023-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-02-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-25
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SAKELLARIADIS, Artemi Ioanna appointed
director
2022-12-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-17
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WILLETT, Fiona appointed
director
2022-10-17
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RIPPON, Madelyne Jane resigned
director
2022-10-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-01
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SMITH, Alison resigned
director
2021-11-09
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RIPPON, Madelyne Jane appointed
director
2021-11-09
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RIPPON, Madelyne Jane resigned
director
2021-08-06
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PALMER-TWEED, Joanne resigned
director
2021-06-24
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CAWS, Deborah appointed
director
2021-06-24
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RIPPON, Madelyne Jane appointed
director
2021-06-11
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RUDGLEY, Susan Anne appointed
secretary
2021-06-07
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Company incorporated
As ESSEX & THAMES EDUCATION
2021-06-07
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BEYER-WOODGATE, Mark appointed
director
2021-06-07
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BLACK, Monica appointed
director
2021-06-07
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WINYARD, Julie Anne Marguerite appointed
director
2021-06-07
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MALCOM, Peter appointed
director
2021-06-07
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PALMER-TWEED, Joanne appointed
director
2021-06-07
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SMITH, Alison appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2021-06-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85422 — Post-graduate level higher education

Registered office

Mws Accountants

4 Chester Court

Basildon

Essex

SS14 3BL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-19

Last: 2026-05-05