ALLEN'S MONTESSORI DAY NURSERY LIMITED

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05550145 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-31
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£2.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.9y

30/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,474

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
↑ 503% YoY
Current Assets
£40k
↑ 5.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£16k£24k£32k£40kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£23.6k£26.0k
Current assets£39.6k£37.6k
Net assets£2.5k£410

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-08
    ➖
    THAPAR, Heleen resigned
    director
  4. 2025-04-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-07-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-07-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-07-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-07-01
    ➕
    THAPAR, Heleen appointed
    director
  9. 2024-07-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-03-01
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2018-02-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 2018-02-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2015-09-01
    ➖
    WANIGASEKERA, Dushan Richard resigned
    director
  22. 2013-07-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  23. 2012-08-31
    ➖
    THAPAR, Heleen Linda resigned
    director
  24. 2005-08-31
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLEN'S MONTESSORI DAY NURSERY LIMITED
  25. 2005-08-31
    ➕
    WANIGASEKERA, Allen appointed
    secretary
  26. 2005-08-31
    ➕
    WANIGASEKERA, Allen appointed
    director
  27. 2005-08-31
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2005-08-31
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2005-08-31
    ➕
    THAPAR, Heleen Linda appointed
    director
  30. 2005-08-31
    ➕
    WANIGASEKERA, Dushan Richard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Allen Wanigasekera
Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest01/06/2017

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

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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-08-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

22 Gibsons Hill
Norbury
London
SW16 3JP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

WANIGASEKERA, Allen→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WANIGASEKERA, Allen→
director · ~77y · appointed 2005-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-08-31 · resigned 2005-08-31
Resigned
THAPAR, Heleen→
director · ~48y · appointed 2024-07-01 · resigned 2025-04-08
Resigned
THAPAR, Heleen Linda→
director · ~48y · appointed 2005-08-31 · resigned 2012-08-31
Resigned
WANIGASEKERA, Dushan Richard→
director · ~46y · appointed 2005-08-31 · resigned 2015-09-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—23/02/2018—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property31/07/201306/02/2018
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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-25