BUTTERCUPS DAY NURSERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05943577 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-22
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 2026
Net worth
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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 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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
80
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · UK GAAP
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-10-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-10-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-17
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2023-11-17
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  8. 2023-11-17
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  9. 2023-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-11-01
    ➕
    LESNIAREK, Julie Louise appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-11-01
    ➕
    LESNIAREK, Julie Louise appointed
    director
  19. 2006-11-01
    ➕
    PEREZ LOPEZ, Natalia appointed
    director
  20. 2006-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As BUTTERCUPS DAY NURSERY LIMITED
  21. 2006-09-22
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-09-22
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-09-22
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-09-22
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Julie Louise Lesniarek
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/09/2016
Mrs Natalia Perez-Lopez
Individual · Spanish · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/09/2016

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
Incorporated2006-09-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

14 Tweseldown Road
Church Crookham
Hampshire
GU52 8DE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LESNIAREK, Julie Louise→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-01
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Active
LESNIAREK, Julie Louise→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-11-01
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Active
PEREZ LOPEZ, Natalia→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-11-01
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Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-22 · resigned 2006-09-22
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-09-22 · resigned 2006-09-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-17
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-11-17
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-15