EDUCATION SUPPORT (SWINDON) HOLDINGS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
05172078 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-06
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.1y

55/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
39 officers (4 active, 39 linked, 31 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
27 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
150 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Loss-making
Loss before tax £0

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£0£400.0k
Average employees00

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (96 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-01-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-12-20
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    JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth appointed
    director
  6. 2023-12-20
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    MCDONAGH, John resigned
    director
  7. 2023-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-05-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-03-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-03-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-03-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-03-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-03-01
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    HEPBURN, Paul Robert, Mr. appointed
    director
  14. 2023-03-01
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    CUNNINGHAM, Kevin Alistair resigned
    director
  15. 2023-03-01
    ➖
    LAMERTON, Ian David, Mr. resigned
    director
  16. 2023-03-01
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    MCDONAGH, John appointed
    director
  17. 2022-10-25
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  18. 2022-10-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2022-10-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  20. 2022-10-11
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    RESOLIS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2022-10-11
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    VERCITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  23. 2022-02-01
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    LAMERTON, Ian David, Mr. appointed
    director
  24. 2022-02-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2022-01-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  26. 2022-01-10
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    FIELD, Christopher Richard resigned
    director
  27. 2021-07-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  28. 2021-05-10
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  29. 2021-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  30. 2021-03-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  31. 2021-03-19
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    PRITCHARD, Jamie resigned
    director
  32. 2020-07-31
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    CUNNINGHAM, Kevin Alistair appointed
    director
  33. 2020-07-31
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    MURPHY, Lynn Bridget resigned
    director
  34. 2019-11-07
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    FIELD, Christopher Richard appointed
    director
  35. 2019-07-16
    ➕
    PRITCHARD, Jamie appointed
    director
  36. 2019-04-30
    ➕
    GORDON, John Stephen appointed
    director
  37. 2019-04-30
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    DIX, Carl Harvey resigned
    director
  38. 2019-04-30
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    EVERETT, Vikki Louise resigned
    director
  39. 2019-04-30
    ➕
    MURPHY, Lynn Bridget appointed
    director
  40. 2018-09-17
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    HEDGES, Teresa Sarah resigned
    secretary
  41. 2018-09-17
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    VERCITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  42. 2018-06-26
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    EVERETT, Vikki Louise appointed
    director
  43. 2018-06-26
    ➖
    GATES, Alexander David resigned
    director
  44. 2016-11-30
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    HEDGES, Teresa Sarah appointed
    secretary
  45. 2016-11-30
    ➖
    NAYLOR, Philip resigned
    secretary
  46. 2016-01-07
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    DIX, Carl Harvey appointed
    director
  47. 2016-01-07
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    YEATMAN, Stuart David resigned
    director
  48. 2015-09-04
    ➖
    LEWIS, Maria resigned
    secretary
  49. 2015-09-04
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    NAYLOR, Philip appointed
    secretary
  50. 2015-01-31
    ➖
    BROOKS, Thomas Daniel resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 96 events

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Palio (No 16 ) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Palio (No 16 ) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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EDUCATION SUPPORT (SWINDON) HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 05172078

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Palio (No 16 ) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-07-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

1 Park Row
Leeds
LS1 5AB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-25
Last: 2025-06-11

Officers (4 active · 35 resigned)

RESOLIS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2022-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GORDON, John Stephen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2019-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEPBURN, Paul Robert, Mr.→
director · ~57y · appointed 2023-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth→
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHILDS, Maureen Anne→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-06 · resigned 2004-07-06
Resigned
HEDGES, Teresa Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2016-11-30 · resigned 2018-09-17
Resigned
LEWIS, Maria→
secretary · appointed 2012-09-27 · resigned 2015-09-04
Resigned
MILLER, Roger Keith→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-23 · resigned 2012-09-27
Resigned
NAYLOR, Philip→
secretary · appointed 2015-09-04 · resigned 2016-11-30
Resigned
SHELL, Peter Geoffrey→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-06 · resigned 2007-03-23
Resigned
VERCITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-09-17 · resigned 2022-10-11
Resigned
BALLSDON, Andrew James→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-09-06 · resigned 2005-11-08
Resigned
BROOKS, Thomas Daniel→
director · ~41y · appointed 2013-11-29 · resigned 2015-01-31
Resigned
CANN, John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-07-06 · resigned 2006-07-03
Resigned
CHILDS, Maureen Anne→
director · ~90y · appointed 2004-07-06 · resigned 2004-07-06
Resigned
CUNNINGHAM, Kevin Alistair→
director · ~44y · appointed 2020-07-31 · resigned 2023-03-01
Resigned
DIX, Carl Harvey→
director · ~60y · appointed 2016-01-07 · resigned 2019-04-30
Resigned
DRIVER, Ross William→
director · ~45y · appointed 2012-03-15 · resigned 2013-11-29
Resigned
EVERETT, Vikki Louise→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-06-26 · resigned 2019-04-30
Resigned
FIELD, Christopher Richard→
director · ~71y · appointed 2019-11-07 · resigned 2022-01-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (As Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Financeparties
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Limited (As Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Financeparties
Charge over shares and floating charge1 property01/04/2005—
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Recent filings (150 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-02
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2022-10-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-24