A STAR KIDS NURSERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07892733 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-28
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 14.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.4 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 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.

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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees800800

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

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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-12-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-12-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-12-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-10
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    SHARMA, Sonia appointed
    director
  11. 2021-09-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-08-02
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    SHARMA, Sonia resigned
    director
  13. 2021-08-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-06-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-06-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2021-06-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-06-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2021-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  20. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  21. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  22. 2013-01-16
    ➕
    PATEL, Monica appointed
    director
  23. 2013-01-16
    ➕
    SHARMA, Sonia appointed
    director
  24. 2012-02-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  25. 2011-12-28
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    Company incorporated
    As A STAR KIDS NURSERY LIMITED
  26. 2011-12-28
    ➕
    SOBHANAN, Nisha appointed
    director
  27. 2011-12-28
    ➕
    SOBHANAN, Nisha appointed
    director
  28. 2011-12-28
    ➖
    SOBHANAN, Nisha resigned
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Nisha Sobhanan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/12/2016
Mrs Monica Patel
Individual · British · DOB 02/1990 · age 36
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/12/2016
Sonia Sharma
Individual · British · DOB 07/1988 · age 38
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/12/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Nisha Sobhananceased 01/12/2016· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2011-12-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

1 Rosewood Avenue
Hornchurch
Essex
RM12 5LH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PATEL, Monica→
director · ~36y · appointed 2013-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHARMA, Sonia→
director · ~38y · appointed 2021-09-10
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Active
SOBHANAN, Nisha→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-12-28
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Active
SHARMA, Sonia→
director · ~38y · appointed 2013-01-16 · resigned 2021-08-02
Resigned
SOBHANAN, Nisha→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-12-28 · resigned 2011-12-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property10/02/2012—
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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-10