BUSY BODIES (EUXTON) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06408080 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-24

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£453.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -67% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £453,478

Cash draining

Cash down 67% YoY

Cash YoY

-67%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£35k

↓ 67% YoY

Net Worth

£453k

↑ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£432k

↑ 9.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£502.8k	£465.4k
Current assets	£431.7k	£392.8k
Cash	£35.2k	£107.5k
Debtors	£396.5k	£285.3k
Net assets	£453.5k	£407.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-09-18
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2024-07-24
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accounts · AA
2023-08-02
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accounts · AA
2022-08-04
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accounts · AA
2021-06-18
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accounts · AA
2020-11-03
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accounts · AA
2019-08-07
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accounts · AA
2018-12-21
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accounts · AA
2017-11-10
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officers · CH01
2017-11-09
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officers · CH03
2017-10-31
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accounts · AA
2016-11-08
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accounts · AA
2016-11-08
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capital · SH01
2016-11-08
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capital · SH01
2016-11-08
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capital · SH01
2007-10-24
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Company incorporated
As BUSY BODIES (EUXTON) LIMITED
2007-10-24
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JUMP, Paul Anthony appointed
secretary
2007-10-24
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JUMP, Joanne Marie appointed
director
2007-10-24
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-10-24
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2007-10-24
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2007-10-24
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

93/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Joanne Marie Jump Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-10-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Vantage House Euxton Lane

Euxton

Chorley

Lancashire

PR7 6TB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-07

Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

JUMP, Paul Anthony→

secretary · appointed 2007-10-24

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Active

JUMP, Joanne Marie→

director · ~58y · appointed 2007-10-24

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-10-24 · resigned 2007-10-24

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-10-24 · resigned 2007-10-24

Resigned

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