CASSELL CHILDREN'S NURSERY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07330134 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-29
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company 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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
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| Average employees | 1800 | 1900 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-08-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-08-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-08-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2010-07-29🏢Company incorporatedAs CASSELL CHILDREN'S NURSERY LIMITED
- 2010-07-29➕BELL, Richard David appointeddirector
- 2010-07-29➕CASSON, Fiona Alison appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Miss Fiona Alison Casson Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Miss Fiona Alison Cassonceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| ADVENTURE WELLBEING SCHOOLS LTD→ 15070584 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| BJJKO JU-JITSU AND KOBUDO ORGANISATION LTD→ 12261955 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| BLACK CAT COLLECTIVE LTD→ 13430162 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| BLOOM & BIRTH CHESHIRE LTD→ 14193975 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| BUERTON OLD SCHOOL DAY NURSERY LIMITED→ 16779803 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BULGARCHE LTD→ 11926119 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| CANOPY TRAINING GROUP LTD→ 16088523 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CDS TRAINING ACADEMY LTD→ 15731622 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CHANCERY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST→ 11024808 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-07-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85200 — Primary education
Registered office
112-114 Witton Street
Northwich
Cheshire
CW9 5NW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BELL, Richard David→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2010-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CASSON, Fiona Alison→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2010-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (43 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-19