ADVENTURE IN LEARNING LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
15168552 · ltd · incorporated 2023-09-27
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. 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: medium (73/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
11 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.
Key financials
1 year 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 |
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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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-01➖HANCOCK, David resigneddirector
- 2024-12-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-11-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-25➕RUSH, Jonathan appointeddirector
- 2024-08-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-09-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVENTURE IN LEARNING LTD
- 2023-09-27➕ALLEN, Nicholas Genki appointeddirector
- 2023-09-27➕RUSH, Christopher John appointeddirector
- 2023-09-27➕HANCOCK, David appointeddirector
- 2023-09-27📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
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 |
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Mr Nicholas Genki Allen Individual · British · DOB 01/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 27/09/2023 |
Mr Christopher John Rush Individual · British · DOB 07/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 27/09/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David Hancockceased 16/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 MC LIMITED→ 15705587 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 23 TRAINING LTD→ 16689354 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| A1 ELITE MOTORCYCLE TRAINING LTD→ 16080789 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ABACUS CHILDREN'S DAY NURSERY LIMITED→ 09623427 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| ABSOLUTE CARE TRAINING & EDUCATION LTD→ 07722531 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE INNOVATION LTD→ 15107613 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ACTIVE CARE AND DEVELOPMENT LTD→ 14031139 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ACTIVE IQ LIMITED→ 04813840 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
| ADVANCED ACADEMICS HUB LTD→ 15140126 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ADVANCED AESTHETICS ACADEMY AND WELLNESS CENTRE LTD→ 15892091 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ADVENTURE INTO ART CIC→ 13738338 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AFFIRMING CATHOLICISM→ 06434273 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-09-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.
Registered office
Newburn Activity Centre Grange Road
Newburn
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE15 8ND
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
ALLEN, Nicholas Genki→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2023-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RUSH, Christopher John→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2023-09-27
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RUSH, Jonathan→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2024-11-25
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HANCOCK, David→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2023-09-27 · resigned 2024-12-01
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Recent filings (11 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-09-27