BILTON SUNBEAMS PRE-SCHOOL LTD

🌳Matureactive
07614388 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2011-04-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees600500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-05-09
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  3. 2024-05-20
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  4. 2023-05-15
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  5. 2022-05-10
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  6. 2021-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-22
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    DODD, Stephanie Louise appointed
    director
  8. 2020-07-22
    ➕
    SMITH, Sarah Michelle appointed
    director
  9. 2020-07-22
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    HOLMES, Diane resigned
    director
  10. 2020-07-22
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    JORDAN, Sarah Vivian resigned
    director
  11. 2020-07-22
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  12. 2020-07-22
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  13. 2020-07-22
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  14. 2020-07-22
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  15. 2020-04-21
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  16. 2019-03-27
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  17. 2018-05-12
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  18. 2018-04-10
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  19. 2018-04-06
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    WOODWARD, Sharon Margaret resigned
    director
  20. 2017-08-02
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  21. 2011-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BILTON SUNBEAMS PRE-SCHOOL LTD
  22. 2011-04-26
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    POTTER, Catherine appointed
    director
  23. 2011-04-26
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    HOLMES, Diane appointed
    director
  24. 2011-04-26
    ➕
    JORDAN, Sarah Vivian appointed
    director
  25. 2011-04-26
    ➕
    WOODWARD, Sharon Margaret appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Catherine Potter
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence26/04/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2011-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

BILTON SUNBEAMS PRE-SCHOOL
Church Centre Church Walk Bilton
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV22 7LX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DODD, Stephanie Louise→
director · ~46y · appointed 2020-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POTTER, Catherine→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-04-26
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Active
SMITH, Sarah Michelle→
director · ~48y · appointed 2020-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLMES, Diane→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-04-26 · resigned 2020-07-22
Resigned
JORDAN, Sarah Vivian→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-04-26 · resigned 2020-07-22
Resigned
WOODWARD, Sharon Margaret→
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-04-26 · resigned 2018-04-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

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2026-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
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2025-05-09
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2025-04-30
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2024-05-20
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2024-04-26
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accounts · AA
2023-05-15
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2023-05-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-19
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officers · TM01
2020-07-22
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officers · AP01
2020-07-22
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officers · AP01
2020-07-22