ACADEMICS AGAINST ASSAULT CIC

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16345758 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2025-03-26
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: Other education n.e.c.
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 (54/100)

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-09
    MARCELLINO, Chloe appointed
    director
  2. 2025-10-09
    CANNON, Heather Louise resigned
    director
  3. 2025-10-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-10-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-04-10
    CANNON, Heather Louise appointed
    director
  6. 2025-04-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-03-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMICS AGAINST ASSAULT CIC
  8. 2025-03-26
    HANNING, Molly Emma appointed
    director
  9. 2025-03-26
    📄
    incorporation-community-interest-company
    incorporation · CICINC

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 1.1 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: 2026-04-08

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Molly Emma Hanning
Individual · British · DOB 01/2003 · age 23
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/03/2025

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
Incorporated2025-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

12 Robertson Drive
Wickford
SS12 9QH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-08OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HANNING, Molly Emma
director · ~23y · appointed 2025-03-26
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Active
MARCELLINO, Chloe
director · ~22y · appointed 2025-10-09
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Active
CANNON, Heather Louise
director · ~23y · appointed 2025-04-10 · resigned 2025-10-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (4 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-10
incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC
2025-03-26