CARDIFF MATHS TUTOR LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16312085 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-12
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
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: General secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: low (52/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-03-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CARDIFF MATHS TUTOR LIMITED
  3. 2025-03-12
    ASHTON, David Jonathan appointed
    director
  4. 2025-03-12
    MADDOX, Bryony Jade Yeomans appointed
    director
  5. 2025-03-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-25

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Jonathan Ashton
Individual · British · DOB 08/1987 · age 39
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/03/2025
Ms Bryony Jade Yeomans Maddox
Individual · British · DOB 08/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/03/2025

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85310 — General secondary education

Registered office

Clint Mill
Cornmarket
Penrith
CA11 7HW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-25OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ASHTON, David Jonathan
director · ~39y · appointed 2025-03-12
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MADDOX, Bryony Jade Yeomans
director · ~31y · appointed 2025-03-12
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Recent filings (2 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-12