BUCKSHAW VILLAGE NURSERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07547397 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-01
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees343600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2025-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-04
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2018-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2016-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-07-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Red Rose Drylining Limited (Crn: 03221393)
  17. 2011-06-23
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Michael John appointed
    director
  18. 2011-06-23
    ➕
    HOLDEN, Mark John appointed
    director
  19. 2011-03-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BUCKSHAW VILLAGE NURSERY LIMITED
  20. 2011-03-01
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  21. 2011-03-01
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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.)

Group structure

The Hub Nursery Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Hub Nursery Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BUCKSHAW VILLAGE NURSERY LIMITED
This company · 07547397

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Hub Nursery Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

Riverside House
Branch Road
Darwen
Lancashire
BB3 0PR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ANDERSON, Michael John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLDEN, Mark John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2011-03-01 · resigned 2011-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Red Rose Drylining (Crn: 03221393)
Red Rose Drylining Limited (Crn: 03221393)
A registered charge—14/07/2014—
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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-02-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-09-04