ACHIEVE AND NURTURE LTD

🌱Startupactive
16486779 · ltd · incorporated 2025-05-31
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
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
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
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-10-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-05-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACHIEVE AND NURTURE LTD
  4. 2025-05-31
    GAUNT, Vanessa appointed
    director
  5. 2025-05-31
    JAMES, Anne appointed
    director
  6. 2025-05-31
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 0.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Vanessa Gaunt
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control31/05/2025
Mrs Anne James
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control31/05/2025

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
Incorporated2025-05-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

23a Goose Street
Beckington
Frome
Somerset
BA11 6SS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-13
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GAUNT, Vanessa
director · ~58y · appointed 2025-05-31
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Active
JAMES, Anne
director · ~61y · appointed 2025-05-31
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Recent filings (3 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-05-31