B A RESCUE LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
13956217 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-04
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£282.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: high (80/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 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
13 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
60
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 £282,766
Net assets shrinking
Down £125,863 YoY
Cash YoY
+421%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£183k
↑ 421% YoY
Net Worth
£283k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£204k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£82k£163k£245k£327k£409kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£346.8k£412.1k
Current assets£204.2k£170.1k
Cash£182.7k£35.1k
Debtors£21.6k£135.0k
Net assets£282.8k£408.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-06-01
    WINTLE, Matthew Robert John appointed
    director
  4. 2025-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-02-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-12-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-05
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2023-05-16
    NEWCOMBE, Polly Alexandra appointed
    director
  10. 2023-05-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-03-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As B A RESCUE LIMITED
  12. 2022-03-04
    NEWCOMBE, Gregory Vansittart appointed
    director
  13. 2022-03-04
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gregory Vansittart Newcombe
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/03/2022

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
Incorporated2022-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Hermes House
Fire Fly Avenue
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN2 2GA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

NEWCOMBE, Gregory Vansittart
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-03-04
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Active
NEWCOMBE, Polly Alexandra
director · ~32y · appointed 2023-05-16
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Active
WINTLE, Matthew Robert John
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-06-01
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Active

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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-08-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-04