GWARM NURSERIES LTD

🌳Matureactive

08340070 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-21

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 5.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.2y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 5.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	5	200

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

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3 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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-11-10
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accounts · AA
2025-05-20
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mortgage · MR04
2025-05-20
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mortgage · MR04
2025-05-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-05-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-05-13
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mortgage · MR01
2025-05-13
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-13
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mortgage · MR01
2025-05-06
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2025-05-06
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2025-05-06
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
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officers · AP01
2024-11-29
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officers · AP01
2024-11-29
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officers · AP01
2024-09-25
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KENT, Anthony Charles appointed
director
2024-09-25
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KENT, Michael Geoffrey appointed
director
2024-09-25
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KENT, Richard James appointed
director
2023-11-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-14
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-03-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-07
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-04-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2020-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-09-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-09-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2012-12-21
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Company incorporated
As GWARM NURSERIES LTD
2012-12-21
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KENT, Geoffrey Arthur appointed
director
2012-12-21
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KENT, Wendy appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — KENT, Anthony Charles (same surname) appointed 2024-09-25. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Kent Family Nurseries Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kent Family Nurseries Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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GWARM NURSERIES LTD

This company · 08340070

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kent Family Nurseries Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/07/2020

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Wendy Kentceased 30/07/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Geoffrey Arthur Kentceased 30/07/2020· 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

Incorporated2012-12-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Faulkner House

Victoria Street

St Albans

Herts

AL1 3SE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-04

Last: 2025-12-21