ABC PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05000335 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees72005400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-11-12
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-11-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-11-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-01
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2018-07-25
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2017-12-13
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    address · AD01
  16. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-05-22
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    CUNNINGHAM, Donna Maria resigned
    director
  18. 2005-12-01
    ➕
    LEAVER, Sharon Maria appointed
    director
  19. 2005-12-01
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Erica Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2005-12-01
    ➕
    CUNNINGHAM, Donna Maria appointed
    director
  21. 2003-12-20
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Erica Jane appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-12-20
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Lee Robert appointed
    director
  23. 2003-12-20
    ➖
    ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-12-20
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    ABERGAN REED LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-12-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ABC PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED
  26. 2003-12-19
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    ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-12-19
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    ABERGAN REED LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Lee Robert Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Erica Jane Williams
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Sharon Leaver
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Donna Maria Cunninghamceased 31/05/2017· 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2003-12-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

1 Factory Street
Ramsbottom
Bury
BL0 9BT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Erica Jane→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Lee Robert→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEAVER, Sharon Maria→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMS, Erica Jane→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-19 · resigned 2003-12-20
Resigned
CUNNINGHAM, Donna Maria→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2017-05-22
Resigned
ABERGAN REED LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-12-19 · resigned 2003-12-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01