ACORNS NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05398634 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-18

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 21.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£846.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.1y

50/100

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.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £846,298

Cash YoY

+140%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£254k

↑ 140% YoY

Net Worth

£846k

↑ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£292k

↑ 103% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.60M	£1.54M
Current assets	£292.3k	£144.3k
Cash	£254.2k	£105.8k
Debtors	£38.2k	£38.5k
Net assets	£846.3k	£723.9k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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accounts · AA
2021-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-13
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mortgage · MR01
2020-01-10
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2019-12-23
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accounts · AA
2018-12-21
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accounts · AA
2017-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-13
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-18
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mortgage · MR01
2015-12-07
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2015-12-02
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officers · AP01
2015-03-19
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GUERRINI, Miles Stephen appointed
director
2012-07-27
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2005-04-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2005-04-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2005-03-18
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Company incorporated
As ACORNS NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED
2005-03-18
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GUERRINI, Miles appointed
secretary
2005-03-18
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GUERRINI, Helen appointed
director
2005-03-18
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-03-18
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-03-18
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-03-18
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

76/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 low

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Helen Guerrini Individual · British · DOB 09/1971 · age 55	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/04/2016
Mr Miles Stephen Guerrini Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-03-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

10 Park Street

Cirencester

Gloucestershire

GL7 2BN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-01

Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GUERRINI, Miles→

secretary · appointed 2005-03-18

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Active

GUERRINI, Helen→

director · ~55y · appointed 2005-03-18

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Active

GUERRINI, Miles Stephen→

director · ~57y · appointed 2015-03-19

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Active

HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-18 · resigned 2005-03-18

Resigned

HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-03-18 · resigned 2005-03-18

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	1 property	10/01/2020	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	07/12/2015	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	27/07/2012	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	14/04/2005	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	05/04/2005	—

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