CLOWNS DAY NURSERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03806090 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-13

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£343.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -53% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.2y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 26.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £343,835

Cash draining

Cash down 53% YoY

Cash YoY

-53%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£102k

↓ 53% YoY

Net Worth

£344k

↑ 69% YoY

Current Assets

£242k

↓ 37% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£383.7k	£247.2k
Current assets	£241.9k	£385.2k
Cash	£102.5k	£218.6k
Debtors	£129.6k	£157.0k
Net assets	£343.8k	£203.7k

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

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-04-20
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officers · AP03
2026-04-20
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officers · AP01
2026-03-26
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officers · TM02
2026-03-14
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LARGE, Andrew Thomas resigned
secretary
2026-03-02
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WATERALL, Jeanette Michelle appointed
secretary
2026-03-02
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WATERALL, Jeanette Michelle appointed
director
2026-01-30
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accounts · AA
2025-06-13
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officers · AP01
2025-06-13
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officers · AP01
2025-06-09
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MASTERS, Cassandra Elizabeth appointed
director
2025-06-09
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STEVENSON, Carly Maria appointed
director
2025-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-23
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accounts · AA
2023-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
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accounts · AA
2022-01-21
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officers · CH03
2022-01-21
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officers · CH01
2022-01-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-21
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officers · CH01
2021-01-29
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accounts · AA
2020-01-16
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accounts · AA
2019-01-11
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accounts · AA
2013-05-15
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Charge satisfied #3
2013-05-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2013-05-13
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Charge satisfied #2
2012-05-31
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2012-05-23
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2012-04-23
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2011-01-26
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2006-06-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2000-04-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1999-07-13
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Company incorporated
As CLOWNS DAY NURSERY LIMITED
1999-07-13
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ALDRED, Christine Mary appointed
director
1999-07-13
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LARGE, Andrew Thomas appointed
secretary
1999-07-13
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-07-13
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-07-13
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-07-13
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Christine Mary Aldred Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Thomas Large Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	04/06/2024

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-07-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

C/O Johnson Tidsall & Co 81

Burton Road, Derby

Derbyshire

DE1 1TJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-27

Last: 2025-07-13