LAMBKINS NURSERY LTD
🌳Matureactive
08080700 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-23
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 May 2025
Net worth
£165.1k
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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, 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 2.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
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
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £165,129
Cash YoY
+82%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£178k
↑ 82% YoY
Net Worth
£165k
↑ 99% YoY
Current Assets
£178k
↑ 82% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £413.5k | £370.0k |
| Current assets | £177.7k | £97.9k |
| Cash | £177.7k | £97.9k |
| Net assets | £165.1k | £82.9k |
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 (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-05-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Allica Bank Limited
- 2024-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-06-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-06-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-03➖RENWICK, Rachel Margaret resigneddirector
- 2012-05-23🏢Company incorporatedAs LAMBKINS NURSERY LTD
- 2012-05-23➕RENWICK, Kathryn Margaret appointedsecretary
- 2012-05-23➕FORSTER, Rachel Margaret appointeddirector
- 2012-05-23➕RENWICK, Kathryn Margaret appointeddirector
- 2012-05-23➕JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointeddirector
- 2012-05-23➖JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigneddirector
- 2012-05-23➕RENWICK, Rachel Margaret appointeddirector
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Rachel Margaret Renwick Individual · British · DOB 08/1985 · age 41 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 22/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| LAKES LIMITED→ 12422651 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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| LITTLE OWLS NURSERY (CARLISLE) LIMITED→ 05529398 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
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| LLB PROPERTY MENTORSHIP LTD→ 15714672 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
Westwood Garth Brough Sowerby
Kirkby Stephen
Cumbria
CA17 4EG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-07
Last: 2025-08-24
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
RENWICK, Kathryn Margaret→
Activesecretary · appointed 2012-05-23
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FORSTER, Rachel Margaret→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2012-05-23
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RENWICK, Kathryn Margaret→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2012-05-23
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JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2012-05-23 · resigned 2012-05-23
RENWICK, Rachel Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~41y · appointed 2012-05-23 · resigned 2015-12-03
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Allica Bank Allica Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/05/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (40 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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2026-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-15