AFRICAN CARIBBEAN CULTURAL CENTRE UK LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
15664798 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2024-04-20
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
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£29
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £29
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£29
Current Assets
£14k
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £29 |
| Current assets | £13.6k |
| Net assets | £29 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-10-20➕BENNETT, Pauline appointeddirector
- 2025-10-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-09-30➖MCEWEN, Roy Peter resigneddirector
- 2024-07-22➕MCEWEN, Roy Peter appointeddirector
- 2024-07-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-20🏢Company incorporatedAs AFRICAN CARIBBEAN CULTURAL CENTRE UK LIMITED
- 2024-04-20➕THAXTER, Portia Aretha appointeddirector
- 2024-04-20📄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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Portia Aretha Thaxter Individual · Jamaican · DOB 01/1977 · age 49 | — | 75–100% | board control75-100% voting · board control | 20/04/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRICA CENTRE FOR RELIGION AND SOCIETY LTD→ 12463841 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AFRICAN CARIBBEAN SUSTAINABILITY & INVESTMENT INITIATIVE CIC→ 16902006 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY→ 15159192 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AGF TUTORING UK LTD→ 12247821 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AI IMPLEMENTATION LTD→ 15109239 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AI8 LTD→ 14720318 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AIA DRIVING SCHOOL LTD→ 15945962 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AIBIEC LTD→ 15188412 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AIESEC FOUNDATION→ 04598851 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| AIIA CLINIC LIMITED→ 15936501 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AKER CORPORATION LTD→ 13664317 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AKG FIT LTD→ 15427165 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2024-04-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education
Registered office
1 Thorpe Close
London
W10 5XL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
BENNETT, Pauline→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2025-10-20
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THAXTER, Portia Aretha→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2024-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCEWEN, Roy Peter→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2024-07-22 · resigned 2025-09-30
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Recent filings (8 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-20