ACORNS PRESCHOOL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

07199367 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-03-23

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

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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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

13 officers (1 active, 13 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	—	£91.8k
Current assets	—	£102.7k
Net assets	—	£91.1k
Average employees	500	—

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

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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officers · TM01
2026-05-11
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officers · TM01
2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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LAVER, Katie Joanna resigned
director
2025-04-30
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WIGMORE, Tracy Anne resigned
director
2025-04-16
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officers · TM01
2025-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-02-28
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WEILAND, Robin Louise resigned
director
2024-03-30
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accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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2022-03-31
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accounts · AA
2021-04-01
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accounts · AA
2019-12-29
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accounts · AA
2019-03-14
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officers · TM01
2019-03-14
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officers · TM01
2019-03-01
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RICH-GRAY, Jacqueline resigned
director
2019-03-01
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THAKE, Rebekah Ann resigned
director
2019-01-31
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accounts · AA
2018-09-24
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officers · AP01
2018-09-24
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officers · AP01
2018-09-24
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officers · AP01
2018-07-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2018-06-25
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RICH-GRAY, Jacqueline appointed
director
2018-06-25
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WEILAND, Robin Louise appointed
director
2018-06-25
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WIGMORE, Tracy Anne appointed
director
2018-06-24
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GEER, Stuart David resigned
director
2018-06-24
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ROGERS, Claire Emma resigned
director
2015-07-01
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WIGMORE, Tracy Anne resigned
director
2014-01-29
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LAVER, Katie Joanna appointed
director
2014-01-29
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ROGERS, Claire Emma appointed
director
2014-01-29
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THAKE, Rebekah Ann appointed
director
2014-01-29
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WIGMORE, Tracy Anne appointed
director
2012-11-14
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COOPER, Kristi resigned
director
2012-10-01
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COBURN, Michelle Yvonne resigned
director
2011-02-04
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PINNOCK, Jane Louise resigned
director
2010-03-23
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Company incorporated
As ACORNS PRESCHOOL LIMITED
2010-03-23
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JOBSON, Frances Josephine appointed
director
2010-03-23
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COBURN, Michelle Yvonne appointed
director
2010-03-23
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COOPER, Kristi appointed
director
2010-03-23
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GEER, Stuart David appointed
director
2010-03-23
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GEER, Stuart David resigned
director
2010-03-23
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GEER, Stuart David appointed
director
2010-03-23
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PINNOCK, Jane Louise 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2010-03-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

C/O F J Jobson & Daughters Enterprise House Rippers Court

Sible Hedingham

Halstead

CO9 3PY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-06

Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (1 active · 12 resigned)

JOBSON, Frances Josephine→

director · ~75y · appointed 2010-03-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

COBURN, Michelle Yvonne→

director · ~54y · appointed 2010-03-23 · resigned 2012-10-01

Resigned

COOPER, Kristi→

director · ~50y · appointed 2010-03-23 · resigned 2012-11-14

Resigned

GEER, Stuart David→

director · ~57y · appointed 2010-03-23 · resigned 2010-03-23

Resigned

GEER, Stuart David→

director · ~57y · appointed 2010-03-23 · resigned 2018-06-24

Resigned

LAVER, Katie Joanna→

director · ~47y · appointed 2014-01-29 · resigned 2025-04-30

Resigned

PINNOCK, Jane Louise→

director · ~53y · appointed 2010-03-23 · resigned 2011-02-04

Resigned

RICH-GRAY, Jacqueline→

director · ~40y · appointed 2018-06-25 · resigned 2019-03-01

Resigned

ROGERS, Claire Emma→

director · ~51y · appointed 2014-01-29 · resigned 2018-06-24

Resigned

THAKE, Rebekah Ann→

director · ~46y · appointed 2014-01-29 · resigned 2019-03-01

Resigned

WEILAND, Robin Louise→

director · ~48y · appointed 2018-06-25 · resigned 2025-02-28

Resigned

WIGMORE, Tracy Anne→

director · ~55y · appointed 2018-06-25 · resigned 2025-04-30

Resigned

WIGMORE, Tracy Anne→

director · ~55y · appointed 2014-01-29 · resigned 2015-07-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2026-05-12

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officers · TM01

2026-05-11

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officers · TM01

2026-05-11

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accounts · AA

2026-03-31

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-16

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officers · TM01

2025-04-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-31

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-02

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accounts · AA

2024-03-30

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-15

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2023-03-31

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-30

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accounts · AA

2022-03-31

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-20

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accounts · AA

2021-04-01