AOD EDUCATION LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14056851 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-20
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £382.1k |
| Current assets | — | £344.7k |
| Net assets | — | £160.9k |
| Average employees | 300 | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-15📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-07-15📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-07-15📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-07-15📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-12-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-04-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-04-20🏢Company incorporatedAs AOD EDUCATION LTD
- 2022-04-20➕FERREIRA, Liliana appointeddirector
- 2022-04-20➕THOMAS, Rhodri James, Dr appointeddirector
- 2022-04-20📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr Rhodri James Thomas Individual · British · DOB 08/1990 · age 36 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 20/04/2022 |
Miss Liliana Ferreira Individual · Canadian · DOB 11/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 20/04/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABL TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY LTD→ 07955845 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| ABLE 2 TRAIN LIMITED→ 06012755 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| AEROQUEST FLIGHT TRAINING LIMITED→ 15908364 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALL THINGS SEN LTD→ 15717969 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALPHABET PLAYGROUP LIMITED→ 11885246 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ALUN FLYNN PSYCHOLOGY LIMITED→ 15589890 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AMP MONMOUTH CIC→ 16501909 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ANNA VERHAMME CONSULTING LTD→ 12164856 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| ARCHBISHOP ROWAN WILLIAMS AFTER SCHOOL CLUB→ 06576193 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| ASOCIACION LATINOAMERICANA DE MUJERES EN LA ONCOLOGIA CYF→ 14539586 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ATHLETIC FITNESS EDUCATION LTD→ 13602625 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ATTRIBUTE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT LTD→ 05567507 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-04-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.
Registered office
The Cayo
Shirenewton
Chepstow
NP16 6RL
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
FERREIRA, Liliana→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2022-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THOMAS, Rhodri James, Dr→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2022-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (21 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-07-15
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-07-15