ACORNS PLAYGROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07201650 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-24
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 2025
Net worth
£5.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
40 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,208

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 1564% YoY
Current Assets
£29k
↑ 107% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£29kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.2k£313
Current assets£29.4k£14.2k
Net assets£5.2k£313

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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  2. 2024-10-11
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  3. 2023-12-06
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  4. 2023-03-24
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-03-24
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  6. 2023-03-24
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  7. 2023-03-24
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  8. 2022-11-22
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  9. 2021-07-25
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  10. 2020-12-23
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  11. 2019-10-05
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  12. 2018-10-23
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  13. 2017-11-06
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  14. 2016-07-27
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  15. 2016-04-19
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  16. 2015-07-17
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    VASS, Anne resigned
    director
  17. 2010-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORNS PLAYGROUP LIMITED
  18. 2010-03-24
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    KAISER, Catherine Mary appointed
    secretary
  19. 2010-03-24
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    KAISER, Catherine Mary appointed
    director
  20. 2010-03-24
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    MATTHEWS, Sandra appointed
    director
  21. 2010-03-24
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    WILLIAMS, Janice appointed
    director
  22. 2010-03-24
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    VASS, Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Catherine Mary Kaiser
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Janice Williams
Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Sandra Matthews
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

3 Sceptre House
Hornbeam Square North Hornbeam Park
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG2 8PB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

KAISER, Catherine Mary→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-24
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Active
KAISER, Catherine Mary→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-03-24
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Active
MATTHEWS, Sandra→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-03-24
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Active
WILLIAMS, Janice→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-03-24
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Active
VASS, Anne→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-03-24 · resigned 2015-07-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
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accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23