BELL DAY NURSERY COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

🌳Matureactive
07172032 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-03-01
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-12-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-03-03
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-03-03
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-03-03
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-01-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-08-03
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-01-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-03-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-03-08
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-01-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-03-01
    ➕
    SEARLE, Georgina Marie appointed
    director
  19. 2015-04-09
    ➕
    REVILLE, Kirsty appointed
    director
  20. 2015-03-01
    ➕
    COOTE, Arthur George appointed
    director
  21. 2010-03-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BELL DAY NURSERY COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
  22. 2010-03-01
    ➕
    GOODWIN, Glenys Freda appointed
    director
  23. 2010-03-01
    ➕
    RIVERS, Jennifer Ann appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)
🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Education & training · CB postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ARVIS GROUP LIMITED→
09942862 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
————10y——
ATHENA BUSINESS EDUCATION LIMITED→
14112460 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
AY & Z LTD→
16998015 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
———————
BABY MILK ACTION→
01924050 · est 1985 · no financials extracted
————40y——
BADOTSA LTD→
11892127 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————7y——
BBI CAMBRIDGE LTD→
13039160 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
BELLA'S CHILDCARE LTD→
09125135 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
————11y——
BEN PENFOLD COACHING LIMITED→
12647565 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
BENNETTS INTENSIVE DRIVING LTD→
04957746 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
————22y——
BEYOND EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL LTD→
15827784 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
BLENDED LEARNING INTERNATIONAL LTD→
15794765 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
BLOSSOM BEYOND MENOPAUSE LTD→
16127369 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2010-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Bell Day Nursery Cic
Peaslands Road
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB11 3ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

COOTE, Arthur George→
director · ~78y · appointed 2015-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODWIN, Glenys Freda→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REVILLE, Kirsty→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RIVERS, Jennifer Ann→
director · ~74y · appointed 2010-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEARLE, Georgina Marie→
director · ~36y · appointed 2017-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13