BROOK HOUSE NURSERY LTD
🌳Matureactive
07788704 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-27
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
£62.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -30% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 8.0y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
40 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £62,865
Net assets shrinking
Down £37,158 YoY
Cash YoY
-30%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£110k
↓ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£63k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Assets
£129k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £73.1k | £122.2k |
| Current assets | £129.4k | £176.1k |
| Cash | £109.8k | £157.3k |
| Debtors | £850 | £5.4k |
| Net assets | £62.9k | £100.0k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-08-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-07-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2018-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-04📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AAMD
- 2016-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2013-10-01➕SNELLING, Alexander Charles appointeddirector
- 2013-10-01➕SNELLING, Nicholas David Andrew appointeddirector
- 2011-09-27🏢Company incorporatedAs BROOK HOUSE NURSERY LTD
- 2011-09-27➕SNELLING, Laura Frances Janeth appointeddirector
- 2011-09-27➕JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointeddirector
- 2011-09-27➖JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigneddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Laura Frances Janeth Snelling Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/10/2024 |
Mr Alexander Charles Snelling Individual · British · DOB 05/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 27/09/2016 |
Mr Nicholas David Andrew Snelling Individual · British · DOB 02/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 27/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-09-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
6 Ground Floor
220 The Vale
London
NW11 8SR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-11
Last: 2025-09-27
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
SNELLING, Alexander Charles→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2013-10-01
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SNELLING, Laura Frances Janeth→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2011-09-27
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SNELLING, Nicholas David Andrew→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2013-10-01
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JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2011-09-27 · resigned 2011-09-27
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 11/07/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (40 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-03