ACADEMIC PROFILING TESTS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
13543384 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-02
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 2024
Net worth
£-39.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -82% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £39,071
Cash draining
Cash down 82% YoY
Cash YoY
-82%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£238
↓ 82% YoY
Net Worth
-£39k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£20k
↑ 156% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£49k-£35k-£21k-£8k£6k£20kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£-39.1k£-48.9k
Current assets£20.1k£7.8k
Cash£238£1.3k
Debtors£19.8k£6.5k
Net assets£-39.1k£-48.9k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-06-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-02-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-10-20
    BEALE, James Montagu Holmes appointed
    director
  9. 2022-10-20
    MONTGOMERY, Alastair Edward appointed
    director
  10. 2021-08-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMIC PROFILING TESTS LIMITED
  11. 2021-08-02
    MILNE, John Edgar appointed
    director
  12. 2021-08-02
    PACKER, Samantha Jane appointed
    director
  13. 2021-08-02
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

48/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.

Red flags

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Samantha Jane Packer
Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59
2550%
25-50% shares02/08/2021
Mr John Edgar Milne
Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57
2550%
25-50% shares02/08/2021

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
Incorporated2021-08-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

1 Berkeley Square
Bristol
Bristol
BS8 1HL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BEALE, James Montagu Holmes
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-10-20
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Active
MILNE, John Edgar
director · ~57y · appointed 2021-08-02
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Active
MONTGOMERY, Alastair Edward
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-10-20
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Active
PACKER, Samantha Jane
director · ~59y · appointed 2021-08-02
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-08-02