CORE CARE EVENWOOD LTD

💤Zombieactive

07138009 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-27

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

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 bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	800	800

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-07-22
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2024-08-01
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accounts · AA
2023-07-03
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accounts · AA
2022-05-20
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accounts · AA
2021-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-19
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accounts · AA
2020-01-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-01-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-01-20
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NEWBOULD, John resigned
director
2020-01-20
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address · AD01
2020-01-20
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officers · TM01
2020-01-13
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THORBURN, Alyson appointed
director
2020-01-13
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officers · AP01
2019-08-16
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accounts · AA
2018-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-06-21
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accounts · AA
2016-08-08
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accounts · AA
2010-01-27
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Company incorporated
As CORE CARE EVENWOOD LTD
2010-01-27
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NEWBOULD, John appointed
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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Alyson Jane Thorburn Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	20/01/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr John Newbouldceased 19/01/2020· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated2010-01-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Flowerpots

9 Birch Close

Scotton

Cattrick Garrison

DL9 3RG

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-10

Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

THORBURN, Alyson→

director · ~62y · appointed 2020-01-13

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Active

NEWBOULD, John→

director · ~72y · appointed 2010-01-27 · resigned 2020-01-20

Resigned

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