ADVANCE CARE AND EDUCATION SUPPORT UK LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14521843 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-02
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£19.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 87200Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse
  • 87900Other residential care activities n.e.c.
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed education with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £19,307

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£19k
↑ 782% YoY
Current Assets
£36k
↑ 700% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£7k£15k£22k£29k£36kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£19.8k£2.2k
Current assets£36.3k£4.5k
Net assets£19.3k£2.2k

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 (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-05-01
    THORPE, Fitzroy Anthony appointed
    director
  4. 2025-03-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-01-08
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2025-01-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-01-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-10-29
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2022-12-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCE CARE AND EDUCATION SUPPORT UK LTD
  10. 2022-12-02
    BAMFO, Samuel appointed
    director
  11. 2022-12-02
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some 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 signal

Limited 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

1 high · 1 low
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-31

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Samuel Bamfo
Individual · Ghanaian · DOB 10/1981 · age 45
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control02/12/2022

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
Incorporated2022-12-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

86-90 Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-31OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BAMFO, Samuel
director · ~45y · appointed 2022-12-02
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THORPE, Fitzroy Anthony
director · ~51y · appointed 2025-05-01
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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-05
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-12-02