BRACKEN PLACE DAY NURSERY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05047645 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-18
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 88910Child day-care activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 22.1y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
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| Average employees | 13 | 1600 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-05-10➕CLITHEROE, Laura Beth appointeddirector
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-23📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-06-23🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-02-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-02-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-12-06🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2019-11-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-11-28🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2019-10-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-10-24🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2019-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-12-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-04-07🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2017-03-27🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2004-05-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2004-05-24🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2004-02-18🏢Company incorporatedAs BRACKEN PLACE DAY NURSERY LIMITED
- 2004-02-18➕CLITHEROE, Nicholas John appointedsecretary
- 2004-02-18➕CLITHEROE, Nicholas John appointeddirector
- 2004-02-18➕CLITHEROE, Nicole Dawn appointeddirector
- 2004-02-18➕LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-02-18➖LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-02-18➕LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2004-02-18➖LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CLITHEROE, Laura Beth (same surname) appointed 2023-05-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple 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 |
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Mr Nicholas John Clitheroe Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 18/02/2017 |
Mrs Nicole Dawn Clitheroe Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 18/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| 2ND2NONE DRIVING SCHOOL LIMITED→ 10495418 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ACADEMY OF CHEESE→ 10184112 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ARGUS 1 TRAINING LIMITED→ 12780421 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AVONDALE PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED→ 08381216 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| BENCHMARK TRAINING LIMITED→ 05646590 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| BRAMBLES OUTDOOR NURSERY GROUP LIMITED→ 11838939 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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| BRIGHTER LEARNING ACADEMY LTD→ 09000550 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| BUSINESS ASCENT CONSULTING LTD→ 08922899 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| BY INTUITION LTD→ 11897633 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| CAMP CRUSOE LTD.→ 10844224 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-02-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
Suite 2 Healey House, Dene Road
Andover
Hampshire
SP10 2AA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
CLITHEROE, Nicholas John→
Activesecretary · appointed 2004-02-18
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CLITHEROE, Laura Beth→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2023-05-10
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CLITHEROE, Nicholas John→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2004-02-18
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CLITHEROE, Nicole Dawn→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2004-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-18 · resigned 2004-02-18
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-02-18 · resigned 2004-02-18
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Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/11/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 24/10/2019 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 27/03/2017 | 06/12/2019 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Legal charge | 1 property | 25/05/2004 | 23/06/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Debenture | 1 property | 24/05/2004 | 07/04/2017 |
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Recent filings (84 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-06-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-21