A BEACON OF HOPE CIC

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16307273 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2025-03-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
3 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-03-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A BEACON OF HOPE CIC
  3. 2025-03-11
    GRAY, Peter appointed
    director
  4. 2025-03-11
    ROBSON, Deborah Mary appointed
    director
  5. 2025-03-11
    📄
    incorporation-community-interest-company
    incorporation · CICINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Deborah Mary Robson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
25–50%25-50% voting11/03/2025
Mr Peter Gray
Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73
25–50%25-50% voting11/03/2025

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2025-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

11 Cherry Garth
Ingleby Barwick
Stockton-On-Tees
TS17 5AP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GRAY, Peter
director · ~73y · appointed 2025-03-11
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Active
ROBSON, Deborah Mary
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-03-11
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Active

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Recent filings (3 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-30
incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC
2025-03-11