ADVENTURE WELLBEING SCHOOLS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
15070584 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-14
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
£-230.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Primary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 85590Other education n.e.c.
- 85600Educational support services
- 96040Physical well-being activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
10 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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £230,310
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£230k
↓ 125% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £-101.8k |
| Current assets | £1.33M | — |
| Net assets | £-230.3k | £-102.3k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 address
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 address
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-05-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-12➕CORLESS, Thomas appointeddirector
- 2026-02-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-01-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-01-05➕GOULD, Andrew Thomas appointeddirector
- 2025-05-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2025-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-08-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVENTURE WELLBEING SCHOOLS LTD
- 2023-08-14➕MCDONOUGH, Lewis Francis appointeddirector
- 2023-08-14➕SOTHERN, Nicola Ann appointeddirector
- 2023-08-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
45/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome 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.
- +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Nicola Ann Sothern Individual · British · DOB 03/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 14/08/2023 |
Mr Lewis Francis Mcdonough Individual · British · DOB 01/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 14/08/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEEHIVE EDUCATIONAL AND CHILD PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE LTD→ 12585055 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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| COMPLEMENTARY BIRTH LTD→ 08644006 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-08-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85200 — Primary education
Registered office
1 Gadbrook Mews
Gadbrook Park
Northwich
CW9 7UW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
CORLESS, Thomas→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2026-02-12
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GOULD, Andrew Thomas→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2026-01-05
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MCDONOUGH, Lewis Francis→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2023-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SOTHERN, Nicola Ann→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2023-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 16/05/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (10 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-14