BLUEBELLS NURSERY LTD

🌳Matureactive
07425468 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-01
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£19.9k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £19,893

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£20k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£7k£15k£22k£30k£37kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£20.0k£15.1k
Current assets£37.1k£30.7k
Net assets£19.9k£15.1k

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

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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-09
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  2. 2024-08-30
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  3. 2023-08-21
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  4. 2022-11-30
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  5. 2021-11-29
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  6. 2020-08-31
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  7. 2019-08-29
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  8. 2018-08-31
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  9. 2017-12-01
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  10. 2017-10-17
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    WILCOTT, Leanne appointed
    director
  11. 2017-08-31
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  12. 2016-09-04
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  13. 2016-08-31
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  14. 2015-12-08
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  15. 2015-08-31
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  16. 2014-11-30
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  17. 2014-10-31
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    MCKIE, Angela resigned
    director
  18. 2010-11-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUEBELLS NURSERY LTD
  19. 2010-11-01
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    PAULINE, Colin appointed
    director
  20. 2010-11-01
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    PAULINE, Lynda appointed
    director
  21. 2010-11-01
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    MCKIE, Angela 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 72 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Pauline
Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/11/2016
Mrs Lynda Pauline
Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/11/2016

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
Incorporated2010-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

16a Mackets Lane
Liverpool
L25 0LQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

PAULINE, Colin→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-11-01
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Active
PAULINE, Lynda→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-11-01
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Active
WILCOTT, Leanne→
director · ~50y · appointed 2017-10-17
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Active
MCKIE, Angela→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-11-01 · resigned 2014-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
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2025-07-09
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2024-12-16
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2024-08-30
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2023-12-04
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2023-08-21
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2022-11-30
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2022-11-30
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2021-12-12
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2021-11-29
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2020-11-30
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accounts · AA
2020-08-31
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2019-11-30
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2019-08-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-03