ABC DAY NURSERY (CULLOMPTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07569759 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-18

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£64.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Child day-care activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 11.3y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 11.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £64,061

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£64k

↑ 664% YoY

Current Assets

£126k

↑ 90% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£89.7k	£39.7k
Current assets	£125.5k	£66.0k
Net assets	£64.1k	£8.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals 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

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
➕
PROFFITT, Suzanne appointed
director
2026-03-31
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PROFFITT, Suzanne resigned
director
2026-03-31
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-31
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-06
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mortgage · MR04
2020-05-06
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-05-06
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-05-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-07-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2015-04-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2015-02-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2011-03-18
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Company incorporated
As ABC DAY NURSERY (CULLOMPTON) LIMITED
2011-03-18
➕
PROFFITT, Philip Stefan appointed
director
2011-03-18
➕
PROFFITT, Suzanne appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Suzanne Proffitt Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/03/2026
Mr Philip Stefan Proffitt Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Suzanne Proffittceased 31/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2011-03-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

Abc Day Nursery

Duke Street

Cullompton

Devon

EX15 1DW

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-01

Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

PROFFITT, Philip Stefan→

director · ~62y · appointed 2011-03-18

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Active

PROFFITT, Suzanne→

director · ~59y · appointed 2026-03-31

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Active

PROFFITT, Suzanne→

director · ~62y · appointed 2011-03-18 · resigned 2026-03-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	29/04/2015	06/05/2020
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	13/02/2015	06/05/2020

Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-31

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-03-31

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-03-31

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-03-31

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-03-31